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Home based business big in Nelson

Greg Nesteroff
By Greg Nesteroff

A Nelson city councillor is pleased with the response to her on-line survey of home-based businesses.

Anna Purcell received 273 responses and is now compiling the data.

Purcell says home-based businesses are a significant part of the local economy but we don’t know a lot about them.

One finding is that collectively they’re among the biggest employers in town.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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