16-97 Alliance Wraps First Year

By 250 News

Coming to the end of it's first year of operation, the 16-97 Alliance  continues to work to  think  Regionally, act locally, in efforts to  boost the economies of the  communities along  Highways 16 and 97 .

The Alliance has already  built  working relationships with  educational institutions,  the Beetle Action Coalitions and the Regional DIstrict of Fraser Fort George.

Participation in the Alliance  involves a financial contributionof  50 cents per capita.  So far, the  Regional District of Fraser Fort George, Quesnel, and Wells have  all committed to financial participation in the Alliance.

Participating communitiies will have a role to play in developing the organization's  plans,  "We want to make sure our communities are lived in and economically viable " says the Alliance's Kathy Scouten.

Mayor Kinsley says the Alliance's report on the inland container port was a valuable tool which validated  what  local government knew.  "When you are in the  middle of an area  that has resources such as  wood fiber, petro chemicals, minerals and who knows what else, and now this transportation link to the world, we are an ideal place in which to invest."

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