# Growth Desk source note — 2026-08-05 Highway 3 stopover economy

## Angle
A practical Greenwood stopover-economy package: convert Highway 3 pass-through traffic into meals, fuel, coffee, museum/heritage visits, downtown shopping, return-weekend leads and business/investment inquiries, without overstating what signage or tourism alone can do for the tax base.

## Direct checks performed
- Destination BC destination development — HTTP 200 — title: “Destination Development - Destination BC - Destination BC.” Used for partner-based destination development and visitor-economy readiness framing.
- Boundary Country visitor site — curl HTTP 200, final URL `https://www.boundarybc.com/` — title: “Boundary Country, BC: Where Every Season Leads to Adventure.” Python urllib hit an older TLS-protocol alert, so curl with TLS 1.2/user agent was used. Used as regional visitor-positioning context, not as proof of any specific Greenwood route or business hour.
- City of Greenwood homepage — HTTP 200 — title: “Home | City of Greenwood.” Used for official local-source doorway and current local-constraint context such as public alerts/notices.
- Town of Osoyoos tourism page — HTTP 200 — title: “Tourism - Visiting Osoyoos | Osoyoos | Canada's warmest welcome.” The page text describes visitor services at the Osoyoos Visitor Centre at 9912 BC Highway 3 and help with recommendations for things to do, accommodations, hiking trails, restaurants and more. Used as a nearby visitor-services packaging lesson, not as a direct comparison of budgets or traffic.
- DriveBC — HTTP 200 — title: “DriveBC.” Used only as the official road-condition/safety source doorway for any future traveller page.
- B.C. Economic Development Services — HTTP 200 — title: “Economic Development Services - Province of British Columbia.” Used for diversification, business retention/expansion, investment attraction, investor tours, sector development and partnership framing.
- Super, Natural BC / HelloBC candidate Highway 3 road-trip URL checked by direct HTTP and returned 404; it was not used as a source in the article.

## Editorial cautions
- Published as a proposal/readiness brief, not an official City or tourism plan.
- Do not publish specific parking, washroom, sign, route, business-hour or museum-hour claims without current local confirmation.
- Do not imply Ministry of Transportation signage approval, City endorsement, grant eligibility, or traffic-volume impact without official data.

## Human follow-up needed
Confirmed business hours, museum/visitor-centre hours, public washroom and parking notes, highway/signage contacts, approved photos, motel/accommodation contacts, businesses willing to track visitor questions, and any reusable Boundary/Greenwood visitor-map links.