OIB Community: A Case Study

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Introduction The OIB’s needs The Osoyoos Indian Band(OIB) is looking for a partnership with a developer to promote their real estate. Hence, OIB and the developer will create some business elements

Location and investment opportunity The town is located in the town of Osoyoos in the Okanagan Valley in BC, is a first nation that has 32,200 acres of agricultural and tourism regions (Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation, 2015). Therefore, there is a huge potential for developing business within the OIB community. CEO Chris Scott (Figure 1) welcomes and looks for opportunities

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