Home to nearly 50,000 and serving as the central hub for the North Okanagan, Vernon is emerging as a community on the rise with investors, entrepreneurs and residents taking note. Each year, nearly 1,000 new residents are making the move and calling Vernon home for its quality of life, affordability and opportunities.
Savvy entrepreneurs are seizing on Vernon’s growth by quickly bringing new concepts to the community including wineries and breweries, technology, manufacturing, development and professional and personal services to meet the needs of a growing community.
Vernon recently adopted a new Zoning Bylaw, which has created new opportunities for more multi-family and commercial development while streamlining the development processes. As such, development activity flourishes with more than 400,000 square feet of new light industrial building under development, numerous purpose-built rental buildings in process, and recent ground breaking on a new $130M Active Living Centre (recreation centre), just to highlight a few!
Reach out to John Perrott at the City’s Economic Development and Partnerships Office to learn more about Vernon opportunities today [email protected]
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