About Venture Kamloops

Focused on Kamloops

Venture Kamloops is the marketing and economic development arm of the City of Kamloops. It is a client-focused team offering a full-spectrum support network for business and investors.

Our mission is to create economic growth through local business support and community promotion establishing the City of Kamloops as the premiere location for new business development.

Established in September of 2004 as the economic development office for the City of Kamloops, Venture Kamloops Business Development Society is governed by a nine member board of directors funded predominantly by the City of Kamloops

With $530,000 a year in City funding, Venture Kamloops is providing the ideas, information and answers needed to attract new business to Kamloops and retain businesses already established in the community.

Services & Programs

Business Attraction and Assistance 

• Economic structure and community profile
• Industry sector profiles
• Market intelligence
• Introductions to business professional contacts and industry representatives
• Site selection services and information
• Promote Kamloops as the best place to live, invest and relocate your business
• Work closely with stakeholders to identify investment opportunities, trends and local issues
• Market Kamloops opportunities
• Coordinating guided tours of industrial parks, related research centers or technology parks
• Facilitation with permitting process
• Complete on-the-ground coordination and professional assistance
• Creat top-of-mind awareness and positive brand perception of Kamloops as a great place to invest

Business Start Up and Retention and Expansion

• Business coaching and mentoring available for new business start-ups and expanding enterprises
• Seminars facilitating information exchange on topics such as international best-practices
• Resources offering the profiles, statistics and studies you may need to build your business case
• Provide assistance to the community for economic development projects
• Assist with business revitalization projects 
• Partner with local organizations to lobby government agencies and major corporations  

Strategic Plan Summary - 2009 - 2014

The Venture Kamloops Business Development Society envisions Kamloops as the lead city in the Southern Interior, driven by a vibrant, diversified economy that supports increased jobs, city revenues, and new business investments, all which generate greater local wealth.