Northern Development Initiative’s Trust’s Board of Directors gathered in Terrace and Kitimat in April to gain a better understanding of how the influx of development is effecting northwest B.C., and to learn lessons that they can take back to their own communities throughout the region.
Timed to coincide with the Trust’s Annual General Meeting, the directors of the Trust met with representatives from the District of Kitimat to understand how proposed major industrial projects are already affecting the Kitimat valley.
While in Kitimat, the directors toured the community, visited its facilities and waterfront and learned how the municipality is responding to the influx of development in the area. The Trust’s directors also toured Kitimaat Village and met with Haisla First Nation Chief Ellis Ross, who provided the directors with a First Nations perspective about community and industrial development.
In addition to funding approvals and the Annual General Meeting, the Trust’s Board of Directors also met in Terrace with representatives from the Nisga’a First Nation to learn how their communities are responding to economic development opportunities in the northwest and charting a path to prosperity for their members.
