Finalists selected for business support in Enterprize Challenge

The finalists have been selected for the 11th annual Enterprize Challenge.

The six selected entrepreneurs vying for the title have a range of business ideas they wish to launch locally:

• Cherry Kidd and Kurtis Peskleway: Frog Pockets,  a pocket-focused clothing brand for sensory regulation through removable lines with dozens of textures from soft fur to 3D-printed scales
• Crispin Lipscomb and Raffaella Vaz: Gallery Artiva, a gallery and gift shop at Silver Star Village where local artists , writers, and craftspeople can connect with residents and international visitors
• Katie Cameron: NeroNest Okanagan, a one-stop hub providing neurodivergent-affirming therapy services for local youth
• Sara Knol: KNOL HAUS, social work services with at a nature-based wellness campus where practitioners rent private forest cabins to work with clients
• Sarah Draht: StrongHER Self-Defense, a trauma-informed self defence program built around educating and empowering woman by combining practical kick boxing and self-defence with real-world pressure drills
• Tyler Patenaude: Pocket Grandson, a personalized technical support services designed to aid people with tasks like uncluttering a slow device, or setting up a new smart phone

“We experienced a record-setting year of registrations for Enterprize Challenge this year,” Margo Fleming, Business Services Manager with Community Futures North Okanagan, which runs the Enterprize Challenge, said.