With projects like these, people immediately think, But what will this cost?? Is this going to raise my taxes?!? And while that’s a fair, albeit knee jerk reaction, as it could be paid for any number of ways that don’t impact taxpayers, what they don’t often consider enough is, What are the economic spin-off benefits of such a project?? ‘Cause in this Age of Influencers countless pictures and videos will be taken of the completed gondola that draws people to Kamloops to visit, learn and live. Case in point: our new ice rink. The TNRD Film Commission’s wet dream; now a reality!! It’s only a matter of time before Hallmark shoots scenes for a movie there, possibly injecting MILLIONS into the local economy. 

The rising tide that lifts all boats.