# Growth Desk source note — trades and repair readiness (September 3, 2026)

## Angle
Greenwood should map trades, repair, shop-space, contractor, apprenticeship and business-transition gaps before pitching larger industrial projects. The article frames this as a practical readiness proposal, not an official City plan or a claim that specific businesses are for sale.

## Direct HTTP checks
- City of Greenwood — HTTP 200; used as official local doorway.
- City of Greenwood Business Directory — HTTP 200; used for existing-business baseline context, not as proof every listed service is current or open.
- Community Futures Boundary — HTTP 200; used as Boundary-region business support context.
- Community Futures Boundary Business Financing — HTTP 200; used as financing doorway context.
- Community Futures Boundary Business Coaching — HTTP 200; used as coaching/advisory doorway context.
- SkilledTradesBC — HTTP 200 by browser-style curl fallback after Python TLS negotiation failed; used only as apprenticeship/skilled-trades doorway context.
- WorkBC employer resources — HTTP 200; used as hiring/employer-resource context.
- BDC employees and human resources — HTTP 200; used as small-business HR/employee systems context.
- B.C. Economic Development Services — HTTP 200; used for diversification, business retention/expansion, sector development, partnership and investment-readiness framing.

Raw check summary: `research/http-cache-2026-09-03-trades-repair-readiness/summary.json`.

## Editorial cautions
- Do not publish named claims that a business is retiring, for sale, short-staffed or unable to serve customers without direct confirmation.
- Do not imply zoning, water/sewer, noise, insurance, apprenticeship supervision or safety requirements are solved.
- Existing local operators should be asked whether they need referrals, expansion support, hiring help or succession planning before Greenwood recruits overlapping service businesses.
- Keep addresses and owner details out of public copy unless an owner opts in.