New Visitor Information Centre for Revelstoke

(L-R) Steve Bailey, President, Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce; Mike Cummings, Chair, Community Futures Revelstoke; Lew Hendrickson, President, Vic Van Isle Group; David Raven, Mayor, City of Revelstoke; Lynda Lafleur, CBT Community Liaison; and Mike Hoffman, Manager, Revelstoke Land and Development Company. Photo credit: Revelstoke Community Futures.

Construction has begun on a new Visitor Information Centre for Revelstoke, funded in part by $200,000 from CBT. The two-storey building, located on Victoria Road, should be open for business in November.

"Many thousands of people drive through Revelstoke on the Trans-Canada Highway," said Neil Muth, CBT president and CEO. "This new facility will promote the tourism attractions of Revelstoke and other communities in the Columbia Basin, contributing to the economic well-being of the entire region by encouraging visitors to discover the Basin, for longer periods of time."

Revelstoke's current visitor centre is housed in two downtown locations: a year-round site and a summer site. Both are hard to find, don't provide adequate parking for larger recreational vehicles and are too small to accommodate the rapidly increasing number of visitors.

The new centre will house an expanded visitor centre and offices spaces for the Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures Revelstoke and Community Economic Development.