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NANAIMO The creation of effective systems is a large part of Lanson’s Drywall success
There’s More Than Business To Local Professional Organization
Young Professionals of Nanaimo Play Roles In Various Local Community Efforts BY DAVID HOLMES
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ANAIMO – It all comes down to making a diffe r e n c e i n t h e c o mmu n it y – t h at’s one of t h e core philosophies behind the Young Professionals of Nanaimo (YPN). Founded in 2009, the YPN is a non-profit organization created to foster a vibrant and progressive professional community in the city. Open to business professionals 40 years of age and under, the YPN currently numbers more than 100 of the region’s best and brightest youthful leaders. “The new executive was voted in during May and except for three of the board members it’s all new faces to help lead the group forward, building on the legacy of our predecessors,” explained Kim Krieger, YPN’s current President. Loosely affiliated with other similarly minded organizations
The 2017 / 2018 Board of Directors of the Young Professionals of Nanaimo were voted in this past May across Vancouver Island and beyond, the central mission of the Young Professionals of Nanaimo is to create a connected young
professional community in the city while working to support the professional development of its membership.
“ T h e r e a r e f o u r k e y p i llars of the group: professional SEE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS | PAGE 36
Coast Salish Development Corporation Division A Winner Thuy’she’num Property Management Wins 2017 Aboriginal Business Award
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A DYSMITH – Economic success is an important business benchmark. Being recognized by your peers as both a success and as an industry leader is another. Thuy’she’num P rop er ty M a n agem ent Ltd . (TPM), the land management
division of the Coast Salish Development Corporation (CSDC), can now check off both of these achievements. It was recently announced that TPM is the winner of the 2017 BC Aboriginal Business Awards’ Community-Owned Business of the Year Award. “Thuy’she’num came about to provide property management
services to the Coast Salish Development Corporation and essentially to serve as the wealth container for the Stz’uminus First Nation,” explained Ray Gauthier, CSDC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). “When it was formed we knew it would be performing certain functions, it does perform typical property management duties,
but really it operates as an investment company / property management company. So all of the work taking place at Oyster Bay Village is taking place under the guidance of Thuy’she’num Property Management,” Oyster Bay Development is in essence a complete village taking SEE THUY’SHE’NUM PROPERTY | PAGE 17