Rooted in northern BC, passionate about economic development, and experienced in helping small and mid-sized communities.

Deklan Corstanje, CEDP.BC

Deklan cares about economic development because he’s seen what it does for a community when it works: a business that stays open, a family that doesn’t have to leave to find work, a project that finally gets funded. Deklan’s love for this work this rests in its profound effects; a healthier economy can benefit a community from its vibrancy, look and feel, to actual health outcomes and quality of life for its residents.

Deklan has over a decade of experience working on business retention and expansion, responding to a pandemic and mill closures, investment attraction and land readiness, major projects, funding strategy, and the reporting that keeps councils and boards informed. He has also built a network of amazing minds from around the world in many different niches of the profession, so if he’s not the one to tackle a specific task, he knows someone who can.

Northline Strategies was started because rural and northern BC communities deserve the same quality of support as larger centres, shaped to their own reality. Many times throughout his career, Deklan found himself wishing for just a bit more support or some guidance from someone more experienced than himself; his goal is to do that for you.