Business View Magazine | March 2020

363 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 INNOVATION SUSTAINABILITY ADVENTURE BC’s Leading Full Service Resource Management Consultancy We proudly deliver full service resource management solutions that bridge the gap between strategic level planning and operational efficiency in forestry, wildfire management, recreation solutions and environmental operations. www.cabinworks.ca REGIONAL DI STR I CT OF NORTH OKANAGAN, BR I T I SH COLUMB I A decision-making process when they’re ready to come. Reconciliation is huge for the Okanagan, and we have some really great people around us that we want to help support. The OKIB is part of the rail trail from Vernon to Kelowna. The Splatsin are co-owners of the other half of the rail trail, called the Okanagan Columbia Shuswap Rail Trail. They were the stimulus for that part of the trail – they were able to acquire their portion, even prior to us getting notice. The partnership we have with them on maintaining that trail, for what will be an important transportation corridor for the future, is of utmost importance going forward.” The Okanagan is a semi-arid area, and careful water management is critical. The Duteau Creek water treatment plant upgrade that occurred in 2019 now provides portions of the RDNO with UV treated water. Some of the smaller communities have their own wells or treatment plants and other Regional District areas are still working on water licenses and deep wells. According to Acton, “There is plenty of available water in the Okanagan for growth - it’s management that is the ongoing process. The staff here has a good long-term focus and I think we’ll see the future will be well in hand with the Master Water Plan we’ve put together. Also, our solid waste management team has put together a ten-year Master Plan that has been passed. They have a new tagline promoting ‘Rethink, Reduce, Reuse’ to encourage residents to rethink their consumption and reduce waste and reuse items.” To promote its unique identity to its residents, the RDNO created a distinct tagline: “One Region, One Future.” Communications Officer, Ashley Gregerson shares, “One of the driving purposes of our Regional District is facilitating collaboration between our member municipalities and electoral areas. And each community is represented at the board table together, and they’re looking towards the one future that our region shares.” Courtesy of Tambellini Design Studio