A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.
West Vancouver district staff are calling on design firms to draw up plans to build a brand new three-storey, 30,000-square-foot Centre for Art, Architecture and Design on district waterfront lands. The move comes exactly one year after council threw its support behind plans to build a major waterfront museum highlighting West Vancouver’s contributions to culture, as part of the municipality’s ongoing Ambleside revitalization project.
Rossland held the notorious tag as the fattest energy town in B.C last year. But thanks to a successful pilot project diet in the winter, the Golden City pulled its fat out of the frier and slimmed down its usage. The successful energy diet—22 per cent participation in the city and 80 per cent of projects complete—is back with phase two in a West Kootenay-Boundary-wide program with Rossland also back on the scales.
Bill Reid – known informally as ‘Mr. Surrey’ and unofficial ambassador for Cloverdale and executive director of its chamber of commerce – lost his battle with cancer Tuesday evening at age 78. Survived by wife Marion, Reid, who was named Surrey’s Good Citizen of the Year in April, had a 50-year involvement with Surrey, Delta and White Rock. His public service included serving as a Social Credit MLA for White Rock-South Surrey, minister of tourism and as a Delta alderman.
Setting a table for developers to serve growth to North Cowichan‘s growth-hungry communities was the mayor’s metaphor about council’s hot tax-holiday meal. Now pass that revitalization-program bylaw, then shake in some new businesses — hopefully green ones, Jon Lefebure added. “It’s our tax bylaw and revitalization plan working together to spur development of our core areas.”
Some Johnsons Landing residents [near Nelson] who saw their community devastated by last year’s massive landslide are looking for options to dispose of their properties. A report released last week shows the risk of future landslide activity remains high in the area and some homes may never be safe to occupy.