Sto:lo First Nation is open for business – BiV

Nov 17, 2014

Companies looking for commercial development property in Fraser Valley invited to consider setting up on native land

A major challenge for Lower Mainland businesses is land costs. Even further out, the Fraser Valley is constrained by mountains to the north, the U.S. border to the south and a whole lot of land in between that is off limits to development because it’s locked in the agricultural land reserve (ALR).

But there’s another kind of reserve in the Fraser Valley – Stó:lo- First Nations reserves – and Stó:lo- Community Futures wants the B.C. business community to know that they are open for business.

“We are the largest landowner in the Fraser Valley,” said Stó:lo- Community Futures general manager Mike Watson.

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