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Due to a great response in all three Kootenay Regional Districts which exceeded our expectations, the RED Program has completed intakes and is now closed. We encourage interested individuals to monitor the website for future updates or explore alternative opportunities that may align with their goals and aspirations. Thank you for your interest.
The Rural Entrepreneurship
Development RED Program is a funded business development program for the Kootenay region of British Columbia.
Your idea is
waiting to be
discovered.
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RED 1 Program – 4 Streams
Childcare
The lack of childcare has reached crisis point in many Kootenay communities. With this stream you will acquire all the skills you need to set up your own childcare business.
Secondary Food Processing
The Kootenays are home to top-notch agricultural products. Launch your secondary food processing business and help share the taste of the Kootenays with the rest of Canada and the world.
Green Technology
Be part of the solution. Does your business idea tackle clean power, reduced waste or more planet-friendly products and services? This stream helps our Kootenay communities reach their climate action targets.
Rural Economic Diversification
Kootenay communities are all different and abound with potential! We are looking for innovative entrepreneurs to take the RED will give you the supports needed in a rural location.
Childcare
The lack of childcare has reached crisis point in many Kootenay communities. With this stream you will acquire all the skills you need to set up your own childcare business.
Secondary Food
Processing
The Kootenays are home to top-notch agricultural products. Launch your secondary food processing business and help share the taste of the Kootenays with the rest of Canada and the world.
Green Technology
Be part of the solution. Does your business idea tackle clean power, reduced waste or more planet-friendly products and services? This stream helps our Kootenay communities reach their climate action targets.
Rural Economic Diversification
Kootenay communities are all different and abound with potential! We are looking for innovative entrepreneurs to take the leap from savvy concept to successful business. RED will give you the supports needed in a rural location.
So, what is RED?
The goal of the Rural Entrepreneurship Development program is to support the development of new business ventures in the Kootenays. The program includes business startup information, business coaching, and access to industry information and coaching. Participants can access financial supports to help get their business off the ground.
Redefine how your
community innovates
The RED program will be delivered to participants in the following regions:
East
Kootenay
Central
Kootenay
Kootenay
Boundary
Financial Supports
to get you off the ground.
Enter details and we will be in touch shortly, or you can speak to us via our live chat..
• Permanent resident of Canada
• Resides in a Kootenay Regional District
• Has skills and funds for business idea
• Can commit a minimum of 35 hours per week, for 48 weeks
• The business idea creates a new job
Other requirements apply. Selection of participants based on program priorities and available funding.
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Phone: 250 428 5655
Fax: 250 428 5336
Email: kesadmin@kes.bc.ca
Address: 119 11th Avenue North, Creston, BC, V0B1G0
Phone: 250 489 5117
Fax: 250 489 0663
Email: cranbrook.admin@kes.bc.ca
Address: #210 1113 Baker Street, Cranbrook, BC, V1C1A7
Phone: 250 423 4204
Email: fernie.admin@kes.bc.ca
Address: 302 2nd Avenue, Fernie, BC, V0B1M0
Phone: 250 341 6889
Fax: 250 341 6886
Email: invermere.admin@kes.bc.ca
Address: 2-503 7th Avenue,
Invermere, BC, V0A1K0
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Land Acknowledgement
Kootenay Employment Services and our employees are committed to the continuous understanding of truth and reconciliation. We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the unceded traditional and current territories of the Ktunaxa Nation, including the Yaqan Nu?kiy,ʔaq̓am, Yaqit ?a’Knuqǂi’it, and ʔakisq̓nuk as well as the Shuswap Band. Unceded means that the land was never agreed to be signed away.
