July 31, 2024 – The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) is pleased to announce that it has released its latest Annual Report.

June 27, 2024 – The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) is proud to announce a new webinar series launching this fall. These free learning opportunities are designed to support our community partners’ professional and help address workforce challenges in our region. The sessions will provide valuable insights and tools for local governments, economic development practitioners, businesses, and community leaders

June 24, 2024 – This summer, communities in the Southern Interior of BC have a new reason to celebrate. The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) has recently unveiled the successful applicants of its 2024 Spring Funding Intake. It has granted $625,000 in funding in support of 28 projects aimed at enhancing and diversifying the region’s economy.

June 24, 2024 – ETSI-BC has introduced a new economic visualization tool, named EDD – the Economic Dependencies Dashboard. Launched in June 2024, EDD provides economic insights at three different levels: for the Southern Interior as a whole, for each of 8 regional districts in our service area, and combining our region’s communities (including First Nations) into 32 ‘local areas’.

June 3, 2024 – ETSI-BC is pleased to partner with Community Futures BC once again to offer this highly-acclaimed Business Continuity Planning workshop. This will be a valuable professional development opportunity which we are delighted to host.

June 3, 2024 -The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) is pleased to announce that its next Funding Intake will launch on September 10, 2024.

April 18, 2024 – The ETSI-BC team is pleased to share that we received 43 applications for the Funding Intake that closed on April 12, 2024. The $1.2 million in funding requests is almost double the funding available, so the Regional Advisory Committees and Board of ETSI-BC will have their work cut out for them.

March 21, 2024 – We invite you to join the Data Diggers Community of Practice! This is a group of practitioners who dig data, dig digging into data, and want to dig themselves out of data into knowledge and insights.

January 24, 2024 – The Economic Trust of the Southern Interior (ETSI-BC) has supported the 6 public post-secondary institutions (PSIs) in the Southern Interior of BC since 2008 with funding of over $7.3 million.

January 17, 2024 – ETSI-BC is pleased to announce Spring Funding Intake is open March 11 – April 12, 2024.