Building Links, the weekly North Island Construction newsletter, published its 900th edition on May 12. For 18 years, since May 17, 1993, Building Links has been providing a construction report to subscribers, first in paper form, and as technology changed, via e-mail.

Comox Business in Action welcomes Kathy Penner as its new co-ordinator. Penner is a well-known face in the Comox Valley and brings with her a long history of marketing and community development.

The Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce installed three local business people as new members of its board of directors during their annual general meeting.

A survey from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business shows that, if given the opportunity to start over, the majority of B.C. entrepreneurs would choose the same career path.

Havers Design first opened its doors in 1983 on Fourth Street in Courtenay with about 200 square feet of space in a section of the building that is now home to Michael鈥檚 Off Main.

This Friday, Better Mousetrap Marketing wants you to Shut Your Trap, for good. The Courtenay-based firm is opening its doors next week to offer a series of one-hour marketing consultations, all for a good cause.

Two Courtenay schools joined forces with local car dealership Ford Country last month to raise over $5,000 for the schools鈥� dry grad events this summer.

Two Comox Valley businesses came home from the Better Business Bureau of Vancouver Island awards ceremony Friday with Torch Awards.

Since 1998, the Comox Valley Home-Based Business Association has been 鈥渆mbracing the entrepreneurial spirit.鈥� Last week, the organization celebrated that spirit at its 13th annual awards gala 鈥� presenting awards to members who were nominated by their peers in nine categories.

Single-family home sales declined by 13 per cent last month in the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board (VIREB) region compared to the previous April and by almost nine per cent compared to March 2011. The average price of a single-family home sold in April 2011 through the VIREB MLS system was $353,613, up one per cent from the $348,423 posted in April 2010, and similar to March 2011's $347,522.