Lower costs, more space: Merritt offers businesses room to grow

With a relocation business cost advantage, full urban services, small town-inspired care and sensibility, and all the space and financial freedom a business needs to stretch its legs and profitability, the City of Merritt is worth your investment attention.

Venture inland to the first major city centre outside the Lower Mainland and appreciate the true measurements of worth in Merritt: industrial and residential land availability and affordability with direct major four-lane divided highway access, an abundance of water and power, and the readiness of a skilled local workforce that feels like fast friends and neighbours—whether you’re relocating from the coast or planting new, enterprising roots west of the prairies.

“Place” can inspire new business directions. Embrace the Thompson-Nicola with its rolling grasslands, shimmering lakes and over 2,000 hours of annual sunshine… it’s an oasis of relaxed country lifestyle and essential big city amenities. Family-friendly, inclusive and supportive, the community is made rich with its strong history of resource industries, cultural diversity, Indigenous educational and land-based tourism opportunities, and joint-venture possibilities. Residents appreciate various amenities, including a municipal airport, the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, the Nicola Valley Aquatic Centre, the 700-person capacity Merritt Civic Centre and the 1,000 seat Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

Centrally located between Metro Vancouver and the Okanagan, Merritt is one of the province’s most active transportation and distribution hubs, with annual traffic counts exceeding 4 million, enabling easy, cost-effective expansion or strategic entry to new local or global markets for high-density manufacturing and assembly, transportation, logistics and distribution, clean energy, agri-food, and secure online data hosting and tech enterprise.

In Merritt, on the other side of the mountains, free from traffic and overcrowding, the costs are lower while the sky is bigger, brighter and yes, the limit, for the growth of business and pleasure.

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