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| Squamish Highlights |
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| Growth Opportunities |
| A people- and business-friendly community determined to shape its own destiny |
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- 2010 Olympic Winter Games – already generating a residential housing rush
- Sea to Sky University – opening in 2006 and re-defining the community as a university-centric town
- Sea to Sky corridor – proving to be one of the fastest growing regions in Canada
- Whistler housing cap – prompting businesses and employees to look elsewhere for affordable accommodation
- Availability of prime development locations
- Skilled workforce – boasting experienced tradespeople and the 3rd best educated labour supply in BC (Stats BC, 1996)
- Access to capital/economic incentives
- three chartered banks and two credit union branches
- community Futures and the Business Development Bank
- Increased tourism – expanding jobs in the hospitality industry
- Escalating housing prices – rising by 63 percent in 2003
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