We play an active role in community economic development within our region. The RDKB strives to partner with and to involve communities, businesses, industry, the social service sector, non-government organizations, educators and others to participate in short and long-term community and/or economic initiatives.
Our activities are varied: we provide grants directly to the community through our Grant-in-Aid program, we administer funding provided by Columbia Basin Trust's Community Initiatives Program and the federal Gas Tax Fund, we champion economic development programs through our own regional and sub-regional committees, and we participate in initiatives focused on economic development, community development or both.