AWARD WINNING ARCHITECTS
AND DESIGNERS

Ernest Collins Architect, Inc.  § NORTH VANCOUVER

: Chamber of Commerce
and : manager Judi Ainsworth
. . . . . 4 displays some of the in-
Archipelago Design Limited formation the local agency
7 offers to business people
. wishing to start or expand

their enterprise.

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For more information on the
EDC, cail 984-3580.

Also at the service of local
business are the West Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce (926-6614)
and the North Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce (987-
4483).

The North Vancouver Chamber
is the administration body for a
wide variety of North Shore-wide
programs, such as North Shore
Tourism, Student Venture Loans,
the SuperHost program and the
North Vancouver District Centen-
nial Coin.

It also provides networking op-
portunities for its approximately
600 members and operates a
business information centre.

“‘We assist entrepreneurs to
start or expand their business,’’
says Chamber manager Judi
Ainsworth, who also notes their
large selection of business publica-
tions and videos.

Of particular interest is the B.C.
Business Network, a computer
link to the main data base that is
fed by Canadian and U.S.> trade
offices around the world.

The network identifies trade
opportunities and inchides infor-
mation on federal and provincial
tenders, veniure capitai financing
and potential markets.

Chamber members use the net-
work free of charge, while others

Wa rki ng toget h er pay minimal on-line costs.
the Chamber

e ° Membership in
h h J h $120, for a 2
with the North Shore Community sata 3a0, or somany
employees. Except in the summer-

oes to serve the Forest industry lime, there is a monthly general

meeting and newsletter for all

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bers.
in Ca nada mAVhile the bulk of the member-

ship consisis of smali business,
Ainsworth says member com-
panies range all the way up to the
} Insurance Corporation of B.C.
CANADIAN The Chamber lobbies on behaif
of its members at the local, pro-
vincial and federal fevel, but

cananangx ¥ OCCIDENTAL Ainsworth says ‘twe don’t make

: : policy statements without doing a

CH EMICA LS a : f whole lot of work. There are cer-
: 4 tain things we can’t take a stand

‘ on because of the diversity of our

members. ; ;
The Chamber also fields inqui-
ries from visitors to its 131 East

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