In 1973 the WDFI acquired the 20 acre fair ground property of the then defunct East Kootenay Agricultural Association at the crossroads. This property presently is the home of the Windermere Valley Saddle Club and Town & Country Feeds. The WDFI has created a vision plan on how we hope to develop this land for the benefit of agriculture and food security in our area - called the Agri Park. The first step will be to build an abattoir so that local livestock can be slaughtered, inspected and the meat sold for public consumption. We received zoning approval in 2013 and are presently working on plans and funding. In 2010 the WDFI was instrumental in initiating the Columbia Valley Agricultural Plan which morphed into the East Kootenay Agricultural Plan.