The Skills Centre is committed to strengthening the communities of the Lower Columbia River region: Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Fruitvale, Montrose, and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary areas A and B. As part of this commitment, since 1997 we have been intimately engaged in community development through providing employment assistance services, programs and services for youth, training opportunities and support, poverty reduction initiatives, workforce development, information and services in trades and technology, and community economic development through initiatives such as social enterprise.