COMOX VALLEY – New Democrat MLA Ronna-Rae Leonard says funding will deliver projects to people in the Comox Valley. Local governments, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations throughout the Coast and Vancouver Island are receiving funding to promote economic diversification, clean economy opportunities and infrastructure development.

“The Comox Valley is growing and changing and so is our economy,” said Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA for Courtenay-Comox. “We’re supporting the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce’s research into our rural economic conditions and needs so we can best support business and diversification of our local economy now and for years to come.”

The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce is receiving $34,900 in funding for a rural recruitment and retention research and development project.

The BC NDP Government is investing up to $33 million across rural areas of the province for the second intake of the Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP). Communities on Vancouver Island and other coastal communities will be receiving up to $12.9 million in funding for 41 approved projects from REDIP to help strengthen local economies.

In its first two years, REDIP will see as much as $99 million invested in more than 300 projects throughout rural B.C.

Building resilient economies is part of the BC NDP government’s work through the StrongerBC Economic Plan to build a strong and sustainable economy for people through clean and inclusive growth.

Learn more: https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2024JEDI0020-000542