Business View Magazine | January 2020

340 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 Russell: “We’ve made a name for ourselves over the last few decades; this part of the world has a well-founded reputation for growing good cannabis and now, with legalization, it’s opened the doors to a much broader economic development opportunity around the ongoing production, as well as processing and marketing of those products. We’re seeing very large operations move in for production, but there is also a lot of opportunity in that processing domain; for instance, investors that are seriously looking into the development of dried fruit infused with cannabis. “There are a lot of examples like that of opportunities that add value in the agricultural sector that then spins off parallel businesses. We have the name, already, and now we’re poised on how to maximize value from cannabis production processing, and especially the craft cannabis end of the spectrum, which is similar to where the microbrewery industry might have been 10 or 20 years ago in this part of the world. Commitment to excellence, innovation and client success +1 (250) 448-7525 www.austinengineering.ca DAM SAFETY • GEOTECHNICAL HYDROTECHNICAL • STRUCTURAL