Community Building

Planned Vernon cultural centre will be ‘reassessed’ if funding goal not met

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‘MORE THAN SUM OF ITS PARTS’ Jon Manchester – Nov 30, 2023 / 11:24 am | Story: 460057 CASTANET LINK: https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/460057/More-than-sum-of-its-parts Photo: RDNO If an “accelerated” fundraising campaign to build Vernon’s much-delayed cultural centre doesn’t bring in the hoped-for $13.9 million, the Regional District of North Okanagan will “reassess if the project will continue.” RDNO director Amanda Shatzko …

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Homes for People – also in Coldstream

/ Affordability, Community Building, Housing /

The BC Government has the Homes for People Plan that will be impacting municipalities including areas such as housing supply targets, fourplexes on single family lots, tougher rules on short term rentals, and legalization of secondary suites province wide among other items. We are in a housing crisis. I was speaking to the letter Coldstream …

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“I say that’s a load of poop”

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So they say it’s because they don’t have a poop plant? I say that’s a load of poop. I think it’s as they’ve consistently stated they don’t want to have multi housing. Sewer extensions are able to be done with treatment provided by Vernon so I’m not sure the issue. ‘Rural living at its best‘ …

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