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ADBA asks for public support against housing proposal Kevin MILLS and Alex BUTLER Abbotsford News
A proposed 20-unit housing project for homeless men is receiving some stiff opposition from the Abbotsford Downtown Business Association (ADBA). The group is calling for the public to oppose the proposal, put forth last month by Abbotsford Community Services (ACS), and has given businesses petitions that customers can sign. Though some businesses have put out the
petitions, others have decided against displaying it, or are waiting for more information. The proposed facility would provide housing for up to two years for homeless men. It would be a low-barrier facility, meaning those who use drugs or alcohol would not be turned away. If eventually approved, the facility would be located at 2408 Montvue Ave., just behind the ACS parking lot in the downtown area. Tina Stewart, executive director of the ADBA, said the association is not opposed to helping the homeless or at-risk citizens, but is opposed
to the rezoning of the site out of the downtown zone, which would mean that the ADBA would have no say with what happens there and how. She is also said that ACS has been working on this proposal for two years, but ADBA only found out about it a month ago, calling some of the information in the proposal “misleading.” In a press release, the ADBA stated “the small businesses that make up the ADBA have struggled through the hard times that all small businesses have struggled through in the last
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Mission’s Lynne Desautels competed in the Barbell Beatdown at the BerryBeat Festival in Abbotsford this past weekend. The competition measures overall fitness in three different workouts throughout the day. The event was organized in memory of Mission’s Matt Robic, a co-pilot who died in October 2011 at the age of 26 from injuries suffered in a plane crash in Richmond. He helped save the lives of the passengers on board. The event raised funds for the Abbotsford Hospice Society.
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