Choose Chase Impact Fund
Investing in Projects That Invest in Chase
Rather than simply funding one-time initiatives, the Impact Fund focuses on projects that can become sustainable community enterprises. These projects provide recreation, create jobs, support local businesses, attract visitors, and generate revenue that can be reinvested into future community projects.
It’s a cycle of community investment through projects that help strengthen Chase with the intention that successful projects help fund the next generation of ideas.
Together, we’re creating a lasting legacy of community-led development.
A Different Way Forward
For generations, communities have relied on grants, fundraising campaigns, and outside investment to bring new ideas to life. Those opportunities remain important, but they often end when the funding runs out.
We believe there’s another way.
We believe some of the best opportunities for our community don’t fit traditional business models. They may not generate the returns a private investor is looking for, but they create something just as valuable: jobs, experiences, community pride, economic activity, and a stronger future for Chase.
Rather than asking, “Who will invest in this?” we ask a different question: “What if our community invested in itself?”
That simple idea changes everything. Instead of funding one-time projects, we work to create community-owned and community-led enterprises that can sustain themselves over time. When successful, these projects don’t just cover their costs, they help create the capacity to support the next opportunity. One successful project can lead to another. Each investment becomes more than an attraction or service, it becomes a community asset. Over time, these assets can generate more than experiences. They can generate opportunity.
Every project that becomes sustainable strengthens our ability to invest in the next idea, creating a cycle of community investment that grows stronger with every success.
This isn’t about replacing private business or relying less on entrepreneurs. In fact, we believe strong local businesses are essential to a thriving community. The Choose Chase Impact Fund exists to support the opportunities that might otherwise never happen, projects that create broad community benefit, strengthen our local economy, and inspire even more investment in Chase.
We believe communities are strongest when they help create their own future.
How It Works
Initiated in 2025, the Impact Fund pools contributions from businesses, organizations, residents, visitors, and community supporters.
Those investments help launch projects that may not attract traditional private investment because their greatest value lies in the broader benefits they create for the community.
As projects mature and become financially sustainable, surplus revenues can be returned to the fund to help finance the next community initiative.
Rather than ending with a single project, each investment has the potential to create a lasting cycle of community growth.
Community Investments in Action
Little Shu Paddlesports
Launched in 2025, Little Shu Paddlesports was created to make one of Chase’s greatest natural assets, Little Shuswap Lake, more accessible to everyone. What began as an idea to provide affordable kayak and stand-up paddleboard rentals quickly evolved into a collaborative community initiative involving local organizations, volunteers, funders, and youth. The program gives residents and visitors the opportunity to experience the lake in a new way while creating seasonal employment opportunities, encouraging healthy outdoor recreation, and supporting local tourism.
Little Shu Paddlesports generates revenue through equipment rentals that helps cover operating costs, maintain and replace equipment, and support future growth. As the program matures, its success will contribute to the broader vision of the Choose Chase Impact Fund by demonstrating how community-owned initiatives can become sustainable assets that continue investing in Chase year after year.
Shuswap Adventure Park
When the future of the former TreeTop Flyers Zipline became uncertain, the community recognized that losing one of Chase’s signature attractions would mean more than the loss of a business, it would mean fewer visitors, fewer employment opportunities, and the loss of an experience that had introduced thousands of people to our community. Through a collaborative effort, the attraction was reimagined as the Shuswap Adventure Park, preserving and expanding an important tourism asset while creating new opportunities for growth.
Opened in 2026, the park offers exciting outdoor experiences that attract visitors from across the region and beyond, supporting local accommodation providers, restaurants, retailers, and other businesses throughout the community. The park is intended to generate the revenue needed to maintain and grow the attraction while contributing to the long-term goal of reinvesting in future community projects that strengthen Chase’s economy and quality of life.
Founding Investors:
- Chase Canyon Eco Adventure Ltd.
- Kostam Designs Inc.
- Chase Chamber & Visitor Centre
- Chase & Area Family Services
- Chase Lions Club
- Donna Smith-Bradley *Personal Real Estate Corporation
- RedPier Group
- Private Donor
Help Build What's Next
There are many ways to get involved:
Become a Community Investor
Financial contributions to the Choose Chase Impact Fund help launch and grow projects that create lasting community impact. Your investment supports initiatives designed to strengthen Chase while working toward long-term sustainability, allowing successful projects to help fund future opportunities.
Bring an Idea
Do you see an opportunity that could make Chase an even better place to live, work, or visit? We’re always looking for ideas that create meaningful community impact and have the potential to become sustainable community enterprises. Great ideas often begin with a simple conversation.
Partner With Us
Businesses, community organizations, governments, and funding partners all have an important role to play. By combining resources, expertise, and shared goals, we can accomplish far more together than any one organization could achieve alone.
Champion the Vision
You don’t need to lead a project or make a financial contribution to make a difference. Share the story, introduce us to potential partners, volunteer your time, or simply help others understand what’s possible when a community invests in itself.
The Community Behind the Vision
The Choose Chase Impact Fund is more than a collection of projects—it’s a growing community of individuals, businesses, organizations, and partners who believe that investing in Chase is one of the best ways to strengthen its future.
Every contribution, every partnership, and every act of support helps create opportunities that may not otherwise exist. Together, these investments are building community assets, creating employment, supporting local businesses, expanding recreation, attracting visitors, and laying the foundation for the next generation of community-led initiatives.
The people and organizations recognized below have each played a role in that story. Some have provided financial support. Others have shared expertise, equipment, volunteer time, partnerships, or encouragement when an idea was just beginning. Every contribution matters, and every supporter is helping build something larger than any single project.
As the Choose Chase Impact Fund continues to grow, so too will this community of supporters.
We are proud to recognize those who have chosen to invest in the future of Chase, and we look forward to welcoming many more.
