pbsTools

pbsTools is the DBA name of 0917702 BC Ltd., a small custom application development shop specializing in niche applications primarily focused on the real estate industry back-end operations. The Campbell Heights Virtual Magazine came about when pbsTools was looking for a small commercial space to expand into and discovered just how difficult that search could be. The big guys just aren't interested in small or sub-let spaces. The boards tend to be complex and expensive, and Craigslist ... once the de-facto place to go has become so cluttered with ads and clickbait as to be almost unusable.

When we started our research there was no real, apparent, central directory for park. With almost 600 businesses in the park (at the time of writing) this is something that is severely lacking so we decided to set up the Campbell Heights Virtual Magazine. Campbell Heights, as an industrial park, has several large key developers along with a number of small developers and single-purpose built facilities. Our virtual magazine encompasses all of them.

• The Directory - A simple listing of all the businesses in the park with a basic search function and links, where we can find them, to web pages or social media.
• The Space Exchange - Do you need to sub-let some small office or warehouse space? Do you have a board room you would like to book out occassionally? This is how the Vitual Magazine started! (and yes, we are still looking for that small office sub-let!).
• The Job Board - You won't hire your next CEO or Chief Operating Officer here. BUT if you are looking for casual labor, warehouse or yard help, drivers etc. start here
• The Market Place - Stuff! Office or warehouse equipment, furntiure, or just stuff you don't want to trip over anymore! This is the place to list it for sale!

Our Promise to you - the site will be constantly moderated. That is, we will be watching to make sure that the bots and clickbait ads are kept to a mininum, or, by preference eliminated completely. Postings on the business park boards will be for business park needs!

How much? Access to the Virtual Magazine, the market boards and postings will always be free and available to anyone who wants to look. Contact information will always be free and available with basic securtity (to avoid those same bots) but at no cost.
Where we hope to pay for this service, and for the on-going moderating, is through membership at a business level.
In the next 6 months we will be making our way around the park to meet businesses, explain whats going on, and leaving instructions on how to sign in to the Virtual Magazine to create and edit postings, your company infomation etc. After that we are looking at a token charge of $25 per month, per business. There will be no limit to the number of employees, administrators or just friends you then give access to.

Our goal is only to pay for the work it requires to keep the site up, running efficiently, and moderating the boards, so that we can avoid what has happened so often to the Craigslist's and MarketPlace's of this world!"