Welcome to the Greenwood BC
Board of Trade Website



Greenwood BC is a Canadian GEM, the natural beauty of the Boundary region and the historical beauty of the city itself make Greenwood a wonderful place to develope and grow your new or existing business. Greenwood's historical post office building is a Tourist attraction on The History laden downtown core of Greenwood BC

Greenwood is already a tourist attraction and with the addition of new developements such as the our new RV development, a new knitting store ana a music store in addition to the recent influx of residential buyers from the bigger cities, Greenwood has a much better ability to sustain tourism related industry.

The traffic statistics for highway three alone are enough to base a business plan on but with the history laden downtown area as a drawing card to get the cars to stop. Greenwood is unstoppable. Get on the band wagon! Join us in making Greenwood a destination historical stop for tourists in British Columbia.

Tourist attraction - The History laden downtown core of Greenwood BC Greenwood Is fast becoming the Historical Hot Spot of British Columbia. A City wide restoration is unfolding in the smallest city in Canada. Not since Robert Woods surveyed the city in the 1890's has there been such activity! Come take a walk around and feel the ambience with our beautiful strip of heritage buildings right on the highway.. Some of these wonderful old buildings are even available for sale to new business ventures. With a strong new board of trade Greenwood is going to set a new mark for historical communities. Come to Greenwood - Get Excited and Join us now! take advantage of the beauty and history that is Greenwood BC while there is still room for new business. Help us direct the growth to maintain the historical beauty and enhance the marketability of the Boundary region as a tourist destination.

Nestled in the Boundary Kootenay region of southern British Columbia, Greenwood has an awesome mixture of historical sites, attractions and natural beauty with BC provincial, historical, cultural and mining heritage. If you are looking for a great place to spend a few days at a tourist attraction or looking for some quiet time for getting in touch with yourself, nature or BC's provincial heritage, Greenwood is a great place to be.

Greenwood's City hall was in the movie Snow Falling on the Cedars as the court house - more about the History laden downtown core of Greenwood BC Anyone who has ever travelled Highway #-3 through the Kootenay Boundary area has seen first hand the beautiful old architecture which lines the highway in the downtown core of Greenwood. It does not end there, tourists are invited to come to Greenwood and spend a few hours or a few days exploring the historic beauty of the Boundary area. You can go from one attraction to the next and never travel very far. The beauty for those coming now is that there are still affordable business sites and homes to be had at this time.

Tourist activities in BC's Boundary region include walking along Scenic Boundary Creek and Just out of Greenwood on Hwy-3 you can see Boundary Falls an impressive waterfall only a two minute walk from the highway. Take a tour up to jewel lake fishing resort where a record breaking trout was caught.


The Greenwood BC Tunnel of Flags is a well known site on Highway-3 and is a great tourist attraction, tourism has become the lifeblood of modern day Greenwood The tunnel of flags is a beautiful old train tunnel which was unearthed in the 1990's when the existing BC highway #3 tunnel was blasted and removed.

From the tunnel you can park your car and hike in either direction on the beautiful Trans Canada Trail and take in the wondrous natural beauty that BC's West Kootenay Boundary area has to offer. Natural beauty as you have not seen it in any Southern British Columbia tourist location. Tourists can take advantage of the historical, beautiful and impressive view on the Phoenix driving tour, then go to the museum and take in all of the history and beauty the Kootenay Boundary region has become famous for. While you are at the museum don't forget to book a tour of our historical City Hall. (As seen in the movie Snow Falling on the Cedars with Ethan Hawke)

The Greenwood Board of Trade
Greenwood, B.C.
Canada, V0H 1J0
Phone - 1(250) 445 6323
Fax - 1(250) 445 6166
Email Board of Trade - gbtic@direct.ca

Email - webmaster@boundary-ca.net

MANDATE:
The Business Information Centre Program is designed to: * Accelerate the formation and expansion of business enterprises; * Provide the information and advice necessary to foster sound business decision making; * Simplify dealings with government programs, services and regulations; and * Foster the start-up, survival and growth of businesses.

MEETINGS:
Regular meetings are held in the Museum at 7 PM the third Wednesday of every month (summer recess July & August) and the Annual General meeting is held the fourth Wednesday in April.

The Greenwood Board of Trade, since it’s creation in July of 1899, has worked to serve the business community of the City of Greenwood and the surrounding Boundary Country. Our office provides handouts for business and a directory of contacts for the business community.

The Greenwood Board of Trade spearheads projects to enhance our community. These include landscaping of the parks and our environmentally friendly nature walk. We would like to invite everyone to visit our City. Step back in time and enjoy our quiet pace of living!

Phone (250) 445 6323. Fax (250) 445 6166

"Heritage Walk" boxes are located at various sites around town. The Greenwood Self Guided walking tour brochures include most Heritage buildings.

Information about Greenwood BC's tourist attraction the Tunnel of Flags Greenwood BC has many tourist attractions including our rich historical heritage as seen in our hotel block downtown Greenwood's City Hall began life as a Courthouse and is one of the most beautiful buildings in Greenwood BC. The Greenwood Post Office is another example of the great architecture of a hundred years ago. The sacred Heart Church stands silently keeping vigil from it's perch overlooking the City of Greenwood.
This page was last updated January 31st 2007