June Chamber Newsletter: Keeping our business community in the know!

WELCOME to our newest Chamber Members!

Mountain Standard Catering | Charlotte Sit

Big Eddy Glassworks | Leah Allison

Daniel Stewart Photography | Daniel Stewart

Third Street Offices | Gareth 'Jonah' Jones

Wake-up Watersports | Patrick Thomas

CHAMBER LUNCHEON - WEDNESDAY JUNE 12TH

Kootenay Rockies Tourism will be joining us to share updates on the Highway 1 Corridor Destination Development planning process & Highway 1 final Draft Strategy.

"We are excited to share the highlights with you and provide further information detailing the outcomes and next steps, hear your thoughts and final input and continuing our conversation about the future of the Highway 1 Corridor as a tourism destination."

Emilie Cayer-Huard

Industry & Destination Development Specialist

Kootenay Rockies Tourism

Thank you to Kootenay Rockies Tourism and RAA for generously sponsoring the luncheon!

WEDNESDAY JUNE 12TH

Noon to 1:30pm

Hillcrest Hotel

Click here to sign-up!

JUNE APRES BUSINESS EVENT - THURSDAY JUNE 20

5pm to 7pm | Revelstoke Golf Course -> SIGN UP NOW !

* BONUS : Attending guests will receive 1 FREE golf pass courtesy of the Golf Course & Dean will be hosting games to test your skills!

Food and a beverage are being generously sponsored by our friends at the Revelstoke Credit Union:)

Thank you to Roberta and all of the RCU Team!

DID YOU MISS THE MAY APRES BUSINESS EVENT?

We were pleased to host our guests at

Metal Mind Forge

with artist & blacksmith Kyle Thornley who displayed some of his creations and gave us a demo on the ancient art of blacksmithing!

Learn more about Kyle's work via this great story shared by the Revelstoke Mountaineer!

CITY OF REVELSTOKE:

SIGNAGE & WAYFINDING SURVEY

The City of Revelstoke and Tourism Revelstoke, would like to invite you to participate in an online signage & wayfinding insights survey for the City of Revelstoke.

Read more details HERE !

Your copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for? (Audience) Why should they care? (Benefit) What do I want them to do here? (Call-to-Action)

Create a great offer by adding words like "free" "personalized" "complimentary" or "customized." A sense of urgency often helps readers take an action, so think about inserting phrases like "for a limited time only" or "only 7 remaining!"

OKANAGAN COLLEGE CALLOUT FOR

HOMESTAY FAMILIES

Revelstoke CALLOUT for assistance!

We are very excited about the upcoming Tourism Management Diploma being offered at Okanagan College this fall!

To make it happen we are helping rally community support as the College is urgently seeking a minimum of 15 Homestays for international students coming to Revelstoke for the new Tourism Management Diploma this September.

These spaces are critical to the program’s success and the College would be delighted to provide more information to anyone who is interested to learn more. The current homestay fee is $800 per month and it includes providing a private bedroom and food for three meals per day plus healthy snacks. Homestay spaces need to be confirmed by June 14th.

For more information contact Danielle Tighe dtighe@okanagan.bc.ca or call 250-862-5443

Spread the word to any mature, or high school graduating students, that might be interested in this program!

It is so fantastic to have this level of education offered right within our community:)

Read more about the program HERE

REVELSTOKE PADDLESPORT CHALLENGE - JULY 21

Learn more about the event or how you can get involved, HERE!

BANK HEIST TIME TRAIL RUN - JUNE 29

The Revelstoke Credit Union & Clif Bar are sponsoring the 3 ^rd annual Bank Heist Time Trail Run.

All proceeds for this event will be donated to the Revelstoke Community Foundation.

To participate in this great charitable community event…see all the event details and

REVELSTOKE MUSEUM SUMMER WALKING TOURS

Have you joined Cathy English for a Downtown Heritage Walking Tour yet??

They are VERY interesting and provide such in-depth stories of our historical downtown.

For example, do you know why Campbell Ave is so wide? If not, then you should really go find out!

*Cemetery Tours will be starting at 3pm on Thursday June 13 & hosted every other Thursday.

For questions call the Museum at 250-837-3067 or email Cathy English | www.revelstokemuseum.ca

Please be sure to spread the word to share this experience offering with visitors & guests to our community!

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE

Congratulations to our FABULOUS team at the Visitor Centre who received a well deserved 2019 Certificate of Excellence from

Trip Advisor!

This is quite an honour as means the team has consistently received positive reviews online with Trip Advisor (currently the world's largest travel site)!