{ "site": "Ledge Media Group", "updated": "2026-08-27", "coverage_area": [ "Greenwood", "Midway", "Grand Forks", "Boundary Region", "Rock Creek", "Christina Lake", "Highway 3 corridor" ], "official_sources": [ { "name": "City of Greenwood", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/", "beat": "city notices, council, public works, water restrictions" }, { "name": "EmergencyInfoBC", "url": "https://www.emergencyinfobc.gov.bc.ca/", "beat": "provincial emergency alerts" }, { "name": "DriveBC", "url": "https://www.drivebc.ca/", "beat": "roads, closures, highway events" }, { "name": "BC Wildfire Service situation map", "url": "https://wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca/", "beat": "wildfire incidents and official fire data" }, { "name": "BC wildfire preparedness / fire bans", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/emergency-management/preparedbc/know-your-hazards/wildfires", "beat": "preparedness and fire restriction context" }, { "name": "Environment Canada weather", "url": "https://weather.gc.ca/", "beat": "weather alerts, smoke, heat, storms" }, { "name": "Regional District of Kootenay Boundary", "url": "https://www.rdkb.com/", "beat": "regional emergency, services, public notices" } ], "community_sources_to_collect_from_chris": [ "City of Greenwood official Facebook page, if different from website", "Royal Canadian Legion Greenwood official page/group", "Additional Midway / Grand Forks / Boundary event pages or groups", "Any private-group posts forwarded by screenshot/link for verification" ], "verification_policy": "Public social posts and community groups are leads only. Facebook group posts must not be published as confirmed news without official or named-source confirmation. BC wildfire Facebook posts should be confirmed against BC Wildfire Service/EmergencyInfoBC official pages before use. Museum/Legion/institution pages may be used for event leads but should be linked and dated.", "facebook_sources": [ { "name": "Greenwood / Boundary community Facebook group #606522906789818", "url": "https://m.facebook.com/groups/606522906789818/", "type": "facebook_group", "beat": "community leads, events, local reports", "verification": "lead_only" }, { "name": "Greenwood / Boundary community Facebook group #1447395675515356", "url": "https://m.facebook.com/groups/1447395675515356/", "type": "facebook_group", "beat": "community leads, events, local reports", "verification": "lead_only" }, { "name": "Greenwood Museum BC Facebook", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/GreenwoodMuseumBC", "type": "facebook_page", "beat": "museum, heritage, local history, events", "verification": "institution_page" }, { "name": "User-submitted Greenwood/Boundary Facebook profile/page #100076200926977", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100076200926977", "type": "facebook_page_or_profile", "beat": "community/institution lead source to classify", "verification": "lead_only" }, { "name": "BC Wildfire Service Facebook", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/BCForestFireInfo", "type": "facebook_page", "beat": "wildfire posts and public-safety leads", "verification": "confirm_against_official_bc_wildfire_sources" } ], "growth_desk_sources": { "verified_public_sources": [ { "name": "Destination BC", "url": "https://www.destinationbc.ca/", "beat": "tourism research, destination development, visitor economy ideas" }, { "name": "Super, Natural BC / HelloBC", "url": "https://www.supernaturalbc.com/", "beat": "tourism positioning and visitor-facing BC examples" }, { "name": "Creative BC", "url": "https://creativebc.com/", "beat": "film, creative industries, funding and production ecosystem" }, { "name": "BC Film Commission", "url": "https://creativebc.com/bc-film-commission/", "beat": "film attraction, location packages, production services" }, { "name": "BC economic development resources", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/economic-development", "beat": "small community economic development programs" }, { "name": "City of Greenwood", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/", "beat": "local capacity, council priorities, public notices" }, { "name": "Town of Osoyoos", "url": "https://www.osoyoos.ca/", "beat": "small-community tourism and economic-development comparisons" }, { "name": "Big White Ski Resort", "url": "https://www.bigwhite.com/", "beat": "regional winter tourism comparison and spillover opportunities" }, { "name": "Boundary Country", "url": "https://boundarybc.com/", "beat": "regional visitor positioning, outdoor recreation, community and itinerary examples" }, { "name": "Trans Canada Trail map", "url": "https://tctrail.ca/explore-the-map/", "beat": "national trail-map context and before-you-go trail cautions" }, { "name": "B.C. business investment and land development", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/economic-development/market-and-attract", "beat": "business attraction, land development, investment-readiness framing" }, { "name": "B.C. regional economic-development services", "url": "https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/employment-business/economic-development/support-organizations-community-partners/economic-development-services", "beat": "regional manager support, diversification, business retention, sector development, partnerships" }, { "name": "Tulsa Remote", "url": "https://www.tulsaremote.com/", "beat": "outside example of remote-worker relocation packaging and support systems" }, { "name": "MakeMyMove", "url": "https://www.makemymove.com/", "beat": "outside examples of relocation programs and benefits for remote workers/job seekers" }, { "name": "Community Futures Boundary", "url": "https://boundarycf.com/", "beat": "Boundary-region business financing, coaching, business-plan support, self-employment and economic-development services" }, { "name": "Greenwood Nikkei Legacy", "url": "https://www.greenwoodnikkei.ca/", "beat": "Greenwood Japanese Canadian internment history, Nikkei Legacy Park, memorial garden and heritage source trail" }, { "name": "Greenwood Museum & Visitor Centre", "url": "https://www.greenwoodmuseum.com/", "beat": "local museum, visitor-centre and heritage partner for Greenwood interpretation" }, { "name": "Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre", "url": "https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/", "beat": "Japanese Canadian heritage, museum resources and partner-context source" }, { "name": "BDC succession planning", "url": "https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/change-ownership/plan-succession", "beat": "business succession planning, owner-transition and readiness guidance" }, { "name": "BDC buying a business", "url": "https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/start-buy-business/buy-business", "beat": "buyer-readiness and buying-a-business guidance" }, { "name": "Community Futures Boundary business financing", "url": "https://boundarycf.com/business-financing/", "beat": "Boundary-region small-business financing and loan-program doorway" }, { "name": "Community Futures Boundary business coaching", "url": "https://boundarycf.com/business-coaching/", "beat": "Boundary-region business coaching and advisory support" }, { "name": "School District 51 Boundary", "url": "https://www.sd51.bc.ca/", "beat": "official Boundary school-district doorway for family relocation, school links and calendars" }, { "name": "Greenwood Elementary School", "url": "https://ges.sd51.bc.ca/", "beat": "official Greenwood elementary-school source link for family-relocation fact checks" }, { "name": "WelcomeBC", "url": "https://www.welcomebc.ca/", "beat": "provincial moving-to-B.C., working-in-B.C. and newcomer information doorway" }, { "name": "Buy BC", "url": "https://buybc.gov.bc.ca/", "beat": "B.C. local-product discovery, producer/food identity and buy-local consumer framing" }, { "name": "BC Farmers’ Market Trail", "url": "https://bcfarmersmarkettrail.com/", "beat": "B.C. farmers-market and artisan-good discovery model for seasonal/local product packaging" }, { "name": "Small Scale Food Processor Association", "url": "https://www.ssfpa.net/", "beat": "small food-processor readiness, local food-enterprise questions and sector-support context" }, { "name": "Farm Food Drink", "url": "https://www.farmfooddrink.ca/", "beat": "farm, food and drink business planning, research and marketing support context" }, { "name": "SkilledTradesBC", "url": "https://skilledtradesbc.ca/", "beat": "apprenticeship and skilled-trades certification doorway for trades/workforce readiness context" }, { "name": "WorkBC employer resources", "url": "https://www.workbc.ca/employers", "beat": "employer hiring and retention resources for small-business and trades workforce planning" }, { "name": "BDC employees and human resources", "url": "https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/employees", "beat": "human-resources, skills-development and employee-management guidance for small businesses" }, { "name": "GoByBike BC", "url": "https://gobybikebc.ca/", "beat": "bike-friendly campaigns, commuter/recreation cycling resources and business-participation examples" }, { "name": "BC Hydro electric vehicles and public charging", "url": "https://www.bchydro.com/powersmart/electric-vehicles.html", "beat": "EV charging context, public-charging information and utility-facing readiness questions" }, { "name": "CleanBC Go Electric BC", "url": "https://goelectricbc.gov.bc.ca/", "beat": "B.C. zero-emission vehicle programs and business/organization EV context" }, { "name": "Natural Resources Canada Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program", "url": "https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/transportation-energy-efficiency/zero-emission-vehicle-infrastructure-program", "beat": "federal charging-infrastructure program context and cost-share framing" }, { "name": "UBCM Local Government Program Services", "url": "https://www.ubcm.ca/funding-programs/local-government-program-services", "beat": "municipal funding-program doorway and grant-readiness context" }, { "name": "Federation of Canadian Municipalities funding opportunities", "url": "https://fcm.ca/en/funding", "beat": "municipal funding and financing doorway for project-shelf eligibility checks" } ], "needs_link_confirmation": [ { "name": "Phoenix Mountain Ski Area", "beat": "nearby ski hill / winter recreation anchor", "note": "Common website domains did not resolve on 2026-07-31; the public Facebook page loaded but current official website/contact and operating details still need local confirmation before visitor-guide use.", "url_checked": "https://www.facebook.com/PhoenixMountainSkiArea/" }, { "name": "Invest Kootenay / regional investment attraction", "beat": "investment attraction examples", "note": "Prior domain resolved to a domain-sale page; needs current regional equivalent." }, { "name": "Grand Forks economic development pages", "beat": "neighbouring-city comparison", "note": "Site was Cloudflare-blocked in this session; use browser/manual confirmation if needed." } ], "themes": [ "film-location readiness and location library", "light industrial uses that fit a small heritage city near Highway 3 and the US border", "tourism packages around heritage, cycling, ATV, hiking, climbing, skiing and nature", "family attraction: lower real estate costs, school, water, small-city quality of life", "tax-base diversification and non-residential revenue", "case studies from small communities in Canada and globally", "downtown heritage reuse, maker/light-manufacturing, food processing, craft production and remote work", "respectful Nikkei/Japanese Canadian heritage learning weekends and source trails", "film-services/vendor directory for productions, commercials, photo shoots and creative crews", "school-and-services confidence files for working-family/founder relocation", "food-processing readiness, shared-kitchen/cold-storage questions, packaging and producer scale-up constraints", "trades-and-repair readiness, mobile contractors, apprenticeship links, shop-space fit and service-gap mapping", "bike-and-trail stopover kits, bike-friendly business services, visitor repair/refill/charging readiness", "EV stopover readiness, public charging, Highway 3 charging pauses, utility/site/maintenance questions and downtown spending links", "founder and remote-worker trial stays, business-buyer weekends, school-and-services relocation readiness and measured outside-income leads", "grant-ready and partner-ready project shelves, funding wayfinding, capital-project triage and outside-revenue readiness" ] }, "community_news_priorities": { "front_page_rule": "Homepage should lead with newest/current stories, not only site sections. Community, school, events, people, emergency, council, elections and watchdog items should appear front and centre.", "beats": [ "school projects and youth achievements", "local business and successful community builders", "community groups and volunteers", "Legion, Museum, library, sports and recreation", "Phoenix Mountain / ski and outdoor recreation", "fire department and emergency services", "city staff, mayor and council profiles", "election/candidate tracker", "water, taxes, bylaws and service costs", "questions residents are asking" ], "official_civic_sources": [ { "name": "City of Greenwood staff directory", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/government/staff-directory/", "beat": "city staff, departments, accountability contacts" }, { "name": "City of Greenwood mayor and council", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/government/mayor-council/", "beat": "mayor/council profiles, voting record, public commitments" }, { "name": "City of Greenwood council meetings", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/government/city-meetings/council-meetings/", "beat": "agendas, minutes, upcoming meetings, bylaws, reports" }, { "name": "City of Greenwood news", "url": "https://www.greenwoodcity.com/news/", "beat": "official notices, newsletters, public releases" } ], "active_leads": [ { "name": "Greenwood fire department leadership change questions", "status": "unconfirmed community question - official confirmation still required", "source_path": "reader tip plus public Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page; Facebook login-gated in public-source check", "editorial_handling": "publish questions/confirmation request, not unverified resignation as fact" } ] } }