CityWest in partnership with the Strathcona Communications Company prepares to add Gold River to their service area

The Third Avenue West offices for Prince Rupert's CityWest 

CityWest the rapidly expanding communication company owned by the City of Prince Rupert has outlined a new venture with their partners on Vancouver Island, the latest project one that will bring services to the community of Gold River.

The update relayed this week through the CityWest social media stream, notes of how City West and Strathcona Regional District leveraged their partnership to add Gold River to the list of communities that will be served by their partnership company Strathcona Communications Corporation.

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Few other details were  released in the social media notes to expand on how that leverage process works, a timeline for the service to start, or what cost there is to the partnership towards provision of the services. 

Gold River is located in the central region of Vancouver Island west of Campbell River.

CityWest has had a busy summer of announcements towards Vancouver Island acquisitions and service planning, with recent advisories related to the purchase of the Ragged Edge Community Network  and community providers on Texada Island.

The partnership between the two organizations was recently profiled on the Strathcona Regional District social media stream, noting  of the ongoing work of the Connected Coast program,.

According to the timeline for the Connected Coast program, the partnership is roughly two thirds of the way towards project completion which is anticipated for some time in 2024.

More on the Connected Coast initiative can be reviewed here .

Our past items of interest on CityWest themes is available here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.