The newly formed Williams Lake Young Professionals Network is gearing up to hold their first event tomorrow.
Volunteer Organizer Chris Pedersen says they’re hoping to create a little bit of a community outside of work for people between the ages of 19-40.
“It really just started with a conversation between employees (Gibraltar Mines) specifically in the human resource department as to how do we create a culture of individuals that would like to not just work at Gibraltar but stay in Williams Lake. We notice at least for a lot of the younger professionals coming into Williams Lake, and that’s both on our side as well as a lot of other communities or other industries in town, we get a lot of younger people coming in and then leaving.”
Pedersen says they will be holding a free Meet and Bowl at the Cariboo Bowling Lanes from 6pm until 9.
He says just over 30 people so far have confirmed that they will be attending and quite a few interested.
“We’ve got the entire bowling alley booked so between 40 to 60 people would make the event completely perfect and I think we’re on track to get those numbers.”
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