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: 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

° 7’ 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

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: : 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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