Building business relationships in traditional Sto:lo territory – Chilliwack Progress

May 20, 2015

Sto:lo success stories will be in the spotlight at Aboriginal Business Connect on May 27 at the Sto:lo Resource Centre.

The event is the upshot of Sto:lo Means Business, an initiative launched last October by Sto:lo Community Futures, said Louis De Jaeger, a SCF board member, and owner of Bravo Restaurant and Lounge.

“The goal is making Sto:lo territory the centre of aboriginal business in B.C.,” he said. “This gathering is a way to talk about how that’s going to evolve.”

When they launched Sto:lo Means Business they were able to identify about 150 aboriginal-run businesses in Sto:lo territory, spanning from the Fraser River in New Westminster, to just beyond Hope. Now they can point to about 250 of them.

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