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Today is the Lumby’s Downtown Community Showcase, on until 2 PM.
Drop by our booth in front of Freshmart for information on how Community Futures North Okanagan helps support small businesses in Lumby.
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Oh what a night! ✨
The Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre was electric with energy last night for the 11th annual Enterprize Challenge Finale Event.
Over 200 people gathered to support local entrepreneurs as they wrapped up months of hard work with their final pitches.
The Winners:
🥇 1st Place : Sarah Draht, StrongHER
🥈 2nd Place: Chey Kidd, Frog Pockets
🥉 3rd Place: Tyler Patenaude, Pocket Grandson
🏅 People's Choice Award: Sarah Draht, StrongHER
We extend a sincere thank you to all the Finalists who presented their pitches on-stage last night and to our volunteer Judges.
We also recognize the assistance of our presenting sponsor Agile - thank you for being such a proud alumnus of Enterprize Challenge and for your ongoing support.
The future of business and entrepreneurship in the North Okanagan looks bright indeed ☀
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Congratulations to everyone of you. You are AMAZING 👏
From start to finish, I learned so much and met so many incredible people in our community! Thank you everyone at Community Futures and everyone who came out to support and sponsor this event!
Congratulations to all the participants who poured their hearts into the Enterprise Challenge!✨ May everyone continue to pursue their dreams with passion, persistence and bravery! ✨💗✨
What an incredible night ✨ 💪 thank you so much for all the work you put into this - it ran so smoothly and was so much fun (and challenging!!)
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What an amazing night! Congratulations to all of the Finalists! Every single one of you put so much heart into your pitches and it really showed ❤️ What a hard task the judges had!....Every single Finalist deserved to win. 🏆
Everyone, every single participant had such an amazing dream ✨️ congratulations for finding the courage to pursue it! Thank you to everyone at Community Futures North Okanagan for organizing with so much heart and passion ✨️🩷✨️
Take a look at these beauties! 🏆
Tonight, months of hard work, late-night pitching, and pure hustle come down to the Finale Event at the Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre.
The Judges will be deciding our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners of the 2026 Enterprize Challenge, plus announcing the fan-favorite People's Choice Award.
Who is taking home the awards? You will have to be there to find out...
This is your final chance to grab a seat and support our local entrepreneurs as they battle it out on stage!
Here's the link to snag those final tickets for the Enterprize Challenge: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1984399228511?aff=oddtdtcreator
Doors open at 5 PM tonight ⏰
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About Community Futures
From our office in downtown Vernon, Community Futures North Okanagan offers employment, business and economic development services to help residents build their future and the community. We service Armstrong, Coldstream, Enderby, Grindrod, Lavington, Lumby, Mara, Okanagan Indian Band, Spallumcheen, Splatsin and Vernon.
