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Our Carcross/Tagish story of arrival, survival, & revival

Arrival

Recent entrepreneurial history

Survival: Choutla Residential School

Revival - local challenges

First Nation crown corporation – Carcross Tagish Management Corporation • Our vision is to grow private sector economic activity in Carcross that will create a year-around cycle of sustainable jobs and business opportunities for the community, our First Nation, and the Yukon. • To succeed we needed local solutions to our local challenges.

4 steps to growing a private sector Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Creating the Servicing the Accommodating Growing the new market – market – the market – market – Trails Retail Resort Residential Balancing planet, with people, and profits – making decisions today for our youth’s future Alleviating poverty via jobs, training, land based employment, entrepreneurship, etc.

Development map printy Resort trails Retail Residential

Step 1. Creating the Market – Single Track to Success

Elder’s advice.

At work

At rest

At play

Carcross traffic jams

Local bikers gangs

Today’s gold rush

Good to the last drop.

Hi Ho , off to work…..

Single Track to Success results

Step 2. Servicing the Market – Carcross Commons The concept

The start

The construction

The first

The opening

The entrepreneurs

The celebration

The final product… Visitor Info Centre Caribou Coffee Yukon Arts Bear Paw Gifts Skoop’em Jim’s

Cross cutting strategy #1 Cultural revitalization – totem poles

Trail and trade story pole

Step 3. Accommodating the Market – Resort 5 star resort development Hotel / hostel development

Resort at Millhaven bay, Carcross

Resort partnership w/ Clayoquot Wilderness Resort

Step 4. Growing the Market – Housing

Local construction – year around employment Reader’s Digest – Bennett lake top 10 beach in Canada

Building a new tax base – growing the market

Increased circular flow of the dollar

Year around economic activity

Your room with a view and…

… a destination for your family.

Cross cutting strategy #2: Building trades capacities

Carcross Tiny Homes project

Concluding development lessons – Setting people up for success

Leadership notes….. 1. Want to do something… 2. Betterment of another… 3. Knowing the right thing… 4. And then….

Gunalchéesh

www.montanamountain.ca www.carcrosscommons.com www.investcarcross.com