He thinks they should explore a suggestion to collect donations through sponsorship of various benches and trees throughout the cemetery. He plans to speak with the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen advisory planning committee at the early April meeting on whether to enter into a more formal funding arrangement with Oliver on the cemetery. These are not being published to present a finished plan but to stimulate discussion and feedback from the community. Community economic development happens when a large enough portion of the community buys into an idea and voluntarily adapts to it. We have no big stick that will compel compliance but this is just as well because good decisions are unlikely to come of compulsion.
Most business people are capable of recognizing a good idea.
What they need is the feedback from the general community that we have general agreement. Then, as we move forward we can be assured that a critical mass of opinion will establish the ideas as permanent and as continuing parts of our community s identity. The community s part is to read, think and respond. Economic good-news does not appear magically like some cosmic lottery win, but from the thoughts and efforts of communities moving in a common purpose.