March 2008 - Posts
After a year of public consultation in search of a new brand for it's sports teams, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus unveiled its new name and logo yesterday at the 3rd Annual Athletics Scholarship Breakfast. The Lakers name will
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I was doing a market evaluation on a property recently listed in the East Hill neighbourhood of Vernon for some prospective Buyers. Part of that process had me looking at what the Median ( middle of the Market ) sale price had been for Single Family Dwellings
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Vernon is forecast to have the lowest unemployment rate and the tightest labour market supply in the urban areas of the Okanagan - averaging 2.7.% of the labour force in 2009. Our planners tell us that 1200 net new jobs per year on average will be realized
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Vernon's Official Community Plan has been undergoing a comprehensive review process since 2006 with hundreds of opportunities for public input, from a community wide survey, focus groups, visioning exercises, surveys on favourite places and building
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Vernon currently has a net negative natural increase in its population~ more people die here than are born here each year. Ok.. that makes the marketer in me scream things like.. "We're dying for you to get here!" What it really means is
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Recently I had the opportunity to attend the Planners Breakfast, hosted by the Vernon Chamber of Commerce and met our new Long Range Planner, Kim Flick. She has graciously shared her data with me, and is the source for this post material. To understand
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