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Squamish is going to see its fair share of construction this summer. The most obvious is the Sea to Sky highway upgrades. Some Whistler commuters might be wondering what the new black and yellow “SURERUS” signs northbound on 99 near Alice Lake are for? Another infrastructure project is taking flight from our locale. Fort St. John based Surerus Pipeline has announced that it will be building a

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One can’t drive around Squamish without running into at least one yellow truck emblazoned with “Kiewit and Sons” on the side. It seems the huge U.S. owned company not only makes a huge impact on our roadways, but on our local economy. Since the start of the Sea to Sky highway project, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Kiewit paychecks being mailed to Squamish mailboxes.

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Traditionally web sites were for people who were trying to expand their reach as a business and transcend local boundaries. They were not very useful for local services such as mechanics, hair salons or people in the trades. Local business owner beware! The next big battleground for consumer eyeballs will be with the “local search”. That’s right, smaller service based businesses who usually don’

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Any Brackendale citizen knows “Republic Bikes” is aptly named. Lifelong resident and proprietor Armand Hurford jokes that he used to hang out in the café next to his new shop whilst In-Utero. Now the upstart bike shop is tucked away in a tin shed beside the historic Post Office and Bistro. Huford is a mature twenty nine years and riding bikes has taken him many places far and near. First as a

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The Sea to Sky Restaurant and Bar association is slated to take flight this week. Founder Marnie Green presented their new mission statement recently during an interview. “The Sea to Sky Restaurant and Bar Association seeks to build cohesive relationships amongst food and beverage establishments from Britannia Beach to Brackendale.” Green, an industry veteran who currently works at Pepe and

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If you are a business owner and want to expand your reach or keep in touch with your customer base, email marketing or blogging may be the answer. Some email newsletters are graphics rich and others are text based. If you are looking for a snazzy looking communique, check out web based services such as Constant Contact and Campaign Monitor. They make it easy to learn about this massive topic.

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Squamish’s Triack Resources represents a new breed of greener entrepreneur. On paper, logger Dave McRae looks like an unlikely champion of eco-business. With stints as a heavy duty mechanic and work in a saw mill, he ended up as an expert in sustainable forest practices. His forestry skills landed him several unique contracts during his career including thinning of Alice Lake campground, the

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Wal Mart will do two things to Squamish business. The strong and the well-strategized, will survive. Those competing strictly on price, will not. Here are some strategies you can employ right now to combat “price based” competition. Strategy 1: Ask your best customers why they do business with you and document it. In 2002, my family business had to stop manufacturing and start importing because

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Squamish Terminals celebrates 35 years of operation this year. It was timely to chat with Ron Anderson, CEO about the impact of this last bastion of big industry. For those of us not in the know about the terminal, it handles a type of cargo that is referred to as “break bulk” meaning that it’s usually obtuse in nature and won’t fit in a container. Most of us have driven past other nearby ports

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During the past 3 months, a small group of local business owners have been meeting before the sun rises. The seven a.m. time slot is the best time available for Squamish’s super busy business owners. The Business Exchange group is presented by Community Futures Development Corporation. Fifteen non-competing business owners and managers from a cross-section of the community were accepted into the

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In November, the Squamish Sustainability Corporation hired a new Business Development Lead. David Thomson comes to SSC from the BC lottery Corporation and has a penchant for marketing and branding. He is definitely a people person. Dave grins ear to ear when asked about the key areas that he hopes to usher in new growth. Standing before an aerial view of Squamish he points to the Airport,

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