~ “to open outlets in Kitimat and in’

TERRACE —.

| “Tiny but tough

WORK CONTINUES on an expansion on the Lazelle Ave. end of the Lakelse Mini Mall. An addi-
tion is also gaing on one side of the mail. That’s Cecil Gordey of Kermode Bobcat Services taking
care of this piece of old sidewalk. At the same time, new sidewalks are going in along Lazelle to
complement recent paving of the avenue.

Alaskans
— to visit

TERRACE — 4 delegation
from Wrangell, Alaska pays a

~- Visit here Sept. 24-25 to con-

tinue efforts to build business
and other ties,

More than 20 ‘public’ and

business representatives are ex...

pected to make the trip, says

Terrace economic development
_ officer Peter Monteith, 7
_. It follows a trip made by Ter- ¢

race public officials and
to Alaska ..

business people
earlier this summer.

“The trip was there idea and :

the number of people, consider--

ing that: Wrangell has a popula- -
tion of a couple of thousand, is
“ae good response,”’

Monteith.

Included in the trip are tours
of the area, a cocktail reception
Sept.: 24 hosted by the City of
Wrangell and a banquet. later

that evening hosted by the City we :
. of Terrace,

Wrangell economic -develop-"

ment officer Jim Gove. is

scheduled to speak ata chamber

luncheon Sept. 25,

The Wrangell delegation
leaves Terrace Sept. 25 to attend
a conference on southeast

Alaska taking place in Prince |

Rupert.

_ Business, jobs booming

TERRACE — _ A federally-
financed business development
centre has grown beyond its
original intent, says its
manager.

Established to help potential
and existing businesses by giv-
ing advice and making loans or
guarantees, the 16-37 Com-
munity Futures Business
Development Centre also acts as
an agent in making connections
with federal and _ provincial
financing agencies, says Joe
Whitney.

-**The same services are
available to somebody up here

‘as they are in Chilliwack. It
became obvious. that - because
“this i is an isolated area, people
either weren't aware of what
_..was available or if they were,
“didn’t have access,’’ he said.

“Making those connections on

-behalf of businesses - also

reduces the time and paperwork
that results from dealing with
those agencies, Whitney added.

The centre now acts as an

agent to 15 federal and provin-
cial agencies with more on the
way,

That kind of access helps
potential or existing businesses

. because the centre can put

together a combination of
financing best suited to in-
dividual cases, said Whitney.
“We. go for the lowest cost.
First, we look at-grants that are
available, then low interest
loans and after that, FBDB (the
Federal Business Development
Bank), chartered banks and the
private lending sector,”’ he said.
In less than one year of full
operation, the centre has com-
mitted the first portion of -its ..
five-year, $1.55 million invest-
ment pool in 12 businesses. —

Ii has also placed 20 people

who were collecting unemploy-
ment insurance or social
_ assistance in a program whereby
they receive $200 a week for 52
weeks to develop small
businesses.

In addition, the centre has

Joe Whitney _

obtained $1,716. million . from
other sources for businesses.
That amounts to creating 89
jobs and maintaining 73 others
in its coverage area reaching up
north, down to Kitimat and east
to Moricetown, said Whitney.
“This is not just smal}
business. We’re involved with
some larger ones,” he said in
listing examples ranging from a

taco shop to asecurity agency to -

logging operations.

Whitney added that seven of
the 15 federal and provincial
agencies it deals with are design-
ed for native businesses and that:
there is a great potential for that
sector in the northwest,

The centre has been busiest in
Terrace and in the Hazeltons

with the average age of clients '

being between 35-50 years of
age.

“A lot of young people have
great ideas, but they don’t have
the experience or wherewithal
yet to fulfil what they want to,
do. That'll gorhe, after! ‘they;
spend some years working.
There’s nothing like the school
of hard knocks when it comes ta

experience,’’ said Whitney.

The centre’s advisory services
come without charge as does its
efforts to find financing. It’s
located in the training and
enterprise centre, next door to
the provincial government
agent’s office on Eby St.

A large video
rental chain is opening a store in
Terrace.”

Crazy Mike’s vill open an
outlet in the United Buy and

"Sell Furniture building now be-

ing constructed beside the

‘Sande. Overpass on Hwyié.

.-€ompany spokesman Sahel

~Nazari said the outlet is the first

of three planned for the nor-
thwest. Crazy Mike’s also wants

~ Prince Rupert.

The company has been in

- business since 1981 and ‘owns
more than 60 in B.C., Alberta’
-.and Washington State. There
__are three outlets now in Prince
: George,

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Provincial taxes on cigarettes
and packaged tobacco increased
- as of Sept. 1. oo

ON AND ASOT

The tax went up four cents to
$1.59 per package of 25 cigaret-
tes or up to $12.72 on a carton
of 200 cigarettes.

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Central Flowers is moving
frorh its Kalum St. location toa
new mali on Lazelle Ave. Oct.
i,

Owner Linda MacBean says
the 1,200 square feet of new

space is double the size of wheye

the business is now.
Central Flowers has been at
its Kalum location for the 17
years it-has been in business.
“We started out here and
now we need more room,’’ said

MacBean. Central Flowers has
four full time and one Part time
employee.
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A business. promoting inner
awareness through meditation
and exercise opens ils doors
Sept. 24. ;

Nirvana — Modern
Metaphysic Centre on Cotton-
wood Crescent is an expanded
version of classes that were held
in owner-instructor Laurel
Grege’s basement. She's been
teaching metaphysics for four
years in Terrace.

The’ centre will offer in-
troductory and advanced

courses and has one course on

relaxalion and reducing stress.
Gregg will be the only instruc-

tor and will have two part time

: employees to handle office and
’ related work.

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Peterbilt Trucks Pacific Inc.,
based in Prince George, is open-
ing a parts outlet here next
month.

It'll be located in a portion of
a building owned by the com-
pany now leased to-Excel on
Hwyl6 in Thornhill, said

spokesman Clare Boyko last .

week,

‘We're building up our inven-
tory and making a few renova-
tions,”’ he said of the wark
leading up to the opening. The
outlet will emplay two to three
-beople.

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, Septamber 12, 1990 — Page A1d .

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