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 $464,000 a year in City funding, and up to $90,000 leveraged through partnership funding from other community resources, 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

• Promote Kamloops as the best place to live, invest and re-locate your business
• Work closely with stakeholders to identify investment opportunities, trends, and local issues
• Partner with other agencies that are involved in business development
• Establish partnerships with industry associations 
• Market Kamloops Opportunities
• Create top-of-mind awareness and positive brand perception of Kamloops as a great place to invest

Business Start Up and Retention and Expansion

• Provide business coaching and mentoring for new business start-ups and expanding enterprises
• Partner with local organizations to lobby government agencies and major corporations
• Provide assistance to the community for economic development projects
• Assist with business revitalization projects

STRATEGIC PLAN - 2008-2009

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.