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The march of progress in Chilliwack is as steady as a drumbeat. So regular is that change that it is sometimes easy to miss. That’s why it is important to stop and take stock of what we have in
Chilliwack – what we’ve accomplished and where we are going. In this special publication, the Chilliwack Progress offers readers a glimpse of the vibrancy humming in the community they call home. We take a look at just a few of the sectors that are having an impact on our local economy. We’ll examine the influence of technology in schools, the changing dynamic of agriculture, and the growth of education and training. We’ll also look at urban planning in the downtown, the road ahead for recreation, and the importance of tourism. These are exciting times in Chilliwack. Our community is rich in history, but the outlook is even more dynamic.
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downtown’s ready for 2014 Downtown renaissance is coming ◆
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Downtown revitalization has been at “We can’t just focus on one piece, the top of the to-do list of many mayors or on one aspect of the downtown. It’s through the years, but still it effectively the whole puzzle. So, how do you fix eludes Chilliwack. it? Go shop there or live there,” he said. Like many historic downtown cores “I always tell people go experience the across North America, Chilliwack’s downtown for themselves.” downtown has its modern-day City officials are working on a range challenges. It’s fair to say the whole ways to make the area more livable, from area could benefit from an influx of intensified greening, to the widening of new residents and families, coupled Mill Street, to devising incentives for with strategic redevelopment, and more development. businesses. Let’s take stock. But Chilliwack loves its In terms of downtown “We can’t just focus downtown, and that’s never improvements since on one piece, or on more apparent than at a big the 1990s, the city has one aspect of the community event like Party spent $80 million on new in the Park. facilities like the Cultural downtown. It’s the Although it’s an easy Centre, Leisure Centre and whole puzzle.” target for complaints, there Prospera Centre, as well are actually several aspects as on efforts like upgraded of City of Chilliwack’s Downtown Land parks and utilities. Use and Development Plan that are The future of downtown also received starting to roll out. a real boost when the community learned Councillor Jason Lum was a member that UFV would be opening a business of downtown task force struck at education centre at Five Corners. city hall to find ways to speed up the Bank of Montreal officials announced revitalization process, and implement at the end of 2012 that it was donating the multi-faceted downtown plan. their former branch at the corner of Although critics like to point out and Yale and Young to the University of the count all the boarded up storefronts Fraser Valley, with the intent of creating on Yale Road east, Lum cautions that education “plaza” focused on business downtown is so much more than just development and training. that. The gift of $850,000 from BMO
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Group to UFV, along with $650,000 from CEPCO for renovations, make for a total donation of roughly $1.5 million to build the newest UFV campus in the heart of downtown. The downtown core is expected to be transformed by the arrival of a new UFV campus in the middle of it, with the influx of students, instructors and more. City officials decided in the past few
years that they couldn’t wait the 30 years or so the consultants told them it will take to see any significant redevelopment in the downtown core, so they devised a plan to accelerate it. A task force focused on downtown studied the key factors slowing down that all-important renewal and found some concrete ways to speed it up. Part Continued: DOWNTOWN/ p5
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of the problem is economic factors, but rise buildings around an urban park. The impediments to development were also concept drawings envisions multi-family underlined, such as properties that have housing for families, seniors and young to undergo environmental remediation people, with improved sidewalks and before they can be redeveloped, called street-scaping. City of Chilliwack already owns 10 “brownfields.” One example is the old Safeway lots on that city block and will acquire site on Main Street. City officials are the majority of the remaining properties poised to release a new plan for tackling through CEPCO over the next several years. brownfields. One of the changes geared to There’s also been pressure to get revitalization is the things moving on the widening of Mill Street, and redevelopment front. “It will give the making it a one-way street A city task force advised the city to start making land street a fresh look, and going north. “Widening Mill Street ‘development ready’ by a wider street is part will make it even more purchasing and assembling of the whole plan to pedestrian friendly,” said parcels, demolishing when necessary and remediation beautify downtown” Kyle Williams, Downtown Chilliwack BIA executive of key blocks. director. Council voted in One lane of traffic will November 2012 to issue a notice of intent to expropriate a central be removed to make it one way, but property, known as the Irwin Block at they managed to keep all of the parking spaces, which was a big concern of 9282 Young Road. The block identified as ideal for land merchants. The thinking behind that initiative was assembly is the one bounded by Young, Yale Nowell, and Princess. The aim is to allow some of the restaurants to put to create a massive property that will out little bistro tables on the widened sidewalk to cultivate a café culture in the appeal to future investors. The concept plan features commercial downtown. “It will give the street a fresh look, and and mixed residential use in three mid-
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education’s ready for 2014 UFV: Head of the Class ◆
by Katie Bartel
The University of the Fraser Valley be.â€? For five years, UFV ranked top of the became a university five years ago, but has only captured that “university feel’ in class in the Canadian University Report, a publication put out by The Globe and Mail the last year. and The Strategic Counsel and Educational Most notably at its Chilliwack campus. When UFV Chilliwack moved from Yale Policy Institute, that grades more than 60 Road to Canada Education Park in the universities based on the opinions of over spring of 2012, the culture of the university 43,000 undergraduates. In the reports, UFV consistently earned instantly changed. While the old campus had pockets of the most A-level grades of any public activity distributed around the periphery, university of any size in B.C. including class size, quality of teaching it didn’t have that cluster of “There are potentially and learning, student-faculty student activity throughout. interaction, and instructors’ But with the new, openscores and scores teaching style. spaced building – a massive, of research projects In 2012, it was tied for award-winning renovation of an old military engineering that our students and first in the category of most site – it’s connected the faculty can do that will satisfied students. “Our results with The whole of the university. be directly relevant to Globe and Mail University “You walk into that the local agriculture Report, and other national building and you just feel surveys, show we do as good,â€? said Eric Davis, UFV industry.â€? well or better than other provost and vice president universities across the academic. “It’s full of warmth and light‌ No matter where you country as far as student satisfaction and are, you can look down the hall and see quality of education and so on,â€? said Davis. “We are not only becoming known as a everybody. You feel connected, you feel a part of something bigger than yourself, great university because of those results, whether as an individual or in a program, but because we are a teaching-focused university, and a regionally focused you feel a part of a university. “It’s made the Chilliwack campus a university ‌ we are increasingly being destination campus for many people,â€? said seen, I think, as a model for how to do Davis. “It’s a place where people want to university education.
Dignitaries gather during the ground breaking for UFV’s B.C. School of Agriculture on June 18, 2013. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS FILE
“The norm for what a university is, is changing right now,� said Davis. “In the year 2020 the norm for what a university is will be very different from what the norms were in 1990, and those norms in 2020 will be very close to what we are.� The government has noticed. Last spring, the B.C. government established UFV as the province’s Centre for Excellence in Agriculture, allotting $1 million seed funding to get the ball rolling
for a state-of-the-art agriculture, research facility. This semester, students will be gradually moving into the $2.5 million facility, which includes one of two “poly prop� greenhouses and a 783-squaremetre demonstration barn that will give students hands-on practical experience, and provide an important research tool for animal care. Continued: UFV/ p7
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for a state-of-the-art agriculture, research site where industry will turn if they want facility. answers to questions and problems they This semester, students will be have. gradually moving into the $2.5 million “The possibilities are limitless because facility, which includes one of two “poly agriculture is becoming more and more prop” greenhouses and a 783-square- important as the world faces global metre demonstration barn that will give shortages of food and water,” said Davis. students hands-on practical experience, “There are potentially scores and scores and provide an important research tool for of research projects that our students and animal care. faculty can do that will be directly relevant Phase two will include additional to the local agriculture industry.” classroom space, laboratory Unlike most universities, “That’s going to be UFV is unique in that studentspace and land for experimental plots. led research projects are an important part of The centre will be the hub done by undergraduate our future, seeking the for agriculture information students – not just masters in B.C., partnering with funds to enable us to and PhD students. The industry, other post- continue to build so we thought process behind secondary institutions, the that, said UFV president can meet the demand” Ministry of Agriculture, and Mark Evered, is to provide the Ministry of Advanced students with criticalEducation – directly translating into thinking, problem-solving skills they’ll benefits for both the university and the need outside of university. community. “It’s giving our undergrads an “We’ll be able to pull in the best opportunity to work at a level they don’t researchers, not just from UFV but from normally get at university,” said Evered. other universities around the province, to “It’s about students getting the chance to address agriculture issues in the Valley,” work on the forefront of knowledge.” said Davis. While the future is exciting for UFV, “It’s going to strengthen local economy; building on its core programs – agriculture, it’s going to make UFV an attractive site health sciences, and indigenous studies for visiting faculty wanting to do research – funding is still a challenge. in agriculture; it’s going to make UFV a UFV is bursting at the seams. The
UFV campus planner Craig Toews (second from right), along with (from left) MLA Laurie Throness, MLA John Martin, advanced education minister Amrik Virk, and president of BW Global Structures Inc. Timothy Kendrick stand inside UFV’s three-storey greenhouse during a tour of the new Agriculture Centre of Excellence. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Abbotsford campus is operating 30 per cent above capacity, and the Chilliwack campus is near capacity. Enrollment has been capped. And while the Chilliwack campus is the largest of all the UFV campuses, sitting on 80 acres of land, with ample room to grow, the university does not currently have the funds to grow.
“Our challenge remains finding the funds to build and operate new facilities,” said Evered. “We understand the fiscal realities our government faces, and it’s very clear that if we’re going to move forward, we’re going to have to do this in partnership. Continued: UFV/ p10
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training’s ready for 2014 PRTC: The business of public safety ◆
by Eric Welsh
There’s not much to see at 9 a.m. continued to grow. Thursday morning. It is quietly one of Chilliwack’s economic Rolling into the Pacific Region Training giants, with an operating budget in the Centre (PRTC) parking lot on Calais Avenue, multi-millions. Its salary envelope, when there’s a red brick building to the left and you include PRTC and related public-safety the administrative building straight ahead. employees within the Canada Education park, sits around $8,500,000. No people though, which seems odd. There’s supposed to be 250-280 visitors “On top of that, there’s an Executive on site this week, plus another 100 or so Inn here employing a variety of full and employees. part time staff,” says Ken Burton, Officer Where are they? in Charge of Support Services. “They provide full food service and Well, turns out your “Swedish police housekeeping, with most of lazy friendly neighborhood reporter should have rolled have come here to try their staff living in the area.” The on-site hotel is out of bed a bit earlier. The and understand our first wave of activity happens business relationship, operated by Executive Hotels and Resorts. The hotel can between 6 and 7 a.m. as learning from our accommodate 260 people. officers-in-training head out for breakfast and then mistakes and our best The re-purposed barracks can house another 120. The classes. practices” meal service can feed up to “The real hustle bustle is 400 people at a time, buffet much earlier in the morning, and after 8 a.m. they’re all in their style, in a spacious dining area. By the classrooms or scenario based training,” end of the year, the PRTC projects to sell says PRTC Superintendent Michael around 42,000 hotel-room nights. “They come here for anywhere from Legault. “You won’t see them again until 10 to 10:30 a.m., when they get a break one night to four weeks, and as much of a between classes.” beautiful facility as this is, you don’t spend Development of the PRTC started in more than two or three days without 2001 and culminated in 2006. wanting to see the rest of the community,” The PRTC occupies 60 acres and 33 Legault says. “Where we’re situated, buildings as part of the Canada Education we’re right beside the Vedder River. Cultus Park on the old military base, and has Lake is nearby. It is work for our visitors,
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but they have hours afterward where they can take time for themselves and enjoy Chilliwack.” On this particular day, most of the visitors are going through operational training. One third of the province’s police officers will rotate through the facility in a year, approximately 52 week participating in five days of activities, from scenariobased training to physical assessments to
firearms qualifications. Tactical teams from Correctional Services Canada are on site, using the PRTC facilities for their training. Another room is full of managers and supervisors taking part in a riveting human resources workshop. And this is on a quiet week. SAR Scene, a gathering of Search and Rescue workers, was held Oct. 19-21. Continued: PRTC/ p9
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It was much busier then, with 500+ people on site, pushing the PRTC beyond the limits of its impressive capacity. “We estimated somewhere around 6001000 hotel rooms were transferred into are hotels because we couldn’t accommodate them here,” Burton said. Cooperation from the neighboring Justice Institute of BC and University of the Fraser Valley campuses was required. “SAR Scene wouldn’t have been as successful as it was without their help,” Burton noted. “The synergy that comes out of here is quite remarkable, and I’d say quite unique in Canada.” There are other facilities on the site that are part of the corporate infrastructure, but don’t report directly to Legault and Burton. The post-garage takes regular vehicles and gets them police ready, adding the flashing lights, collision bumpers and other bells and whistles. The post-garage has 15 employees. Two more are employed in the storage operation., where PRTC keeps day-today stuff on hand, then sends it out to detachments as needed. The Canadian Police College employs three. There’s even an on-site audio/visual production unit (employing four), capable of producing public safety training films for the RCMP and other user groups (including
the provincial and federal governments). A 25 year master campus plan exists, providing a conservative projection (one per cent) and guideline to future PRTC growth. “We always re-profile what we have to enhance and maximize its use, and the facility is running very smoothly right now,” Legault said. Expansion would come on the western side of the PRTC map. There is space next to the football field that will be used in the future. Land adjacent to the driving track is always in play for future expansion, and the RCMP is also eyeing other areas within the Canada Education Park. “The University of the Fraser Valley has some footprints that don’t fit within the model they have, and they’re looking at an area that we might have,” Legault says. “So there’s that synergy, where we have those conversations and, in some cases, make arrangements to transfer lands and make it work for each group.” “These negotiations always happen in concert with CEPCO (Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation) and the City of Chilliwack,” Burton added. “CEPCO has been critical in allowing us to advance a professional and economically viable site.” So what will the PRTC site look like 10 years out.
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“We’ve had visitors from as far abroad as Abu Dhabi and Australia,” Burton says. “Swedish police have come here to try and understand our business relationship, learning from our mistakes and our best practices. There’s only a couple facilities worldwide that have this kind of structure, and we get plenty of attention because of it.”
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It has been a long time coming, but it firing range will be having it indoors. No looks like the PRTC will finally be getting a more disturbing the neighbors with noise, new firing range. noise and more noise. “Our target date is December, 2015,” It will be constructed using tiltsaid PRTC Superintendent Mike Legault. up concrete technology, making for a “We’re working with our municipal soundproof structure. partners, the province and Ottawa. It is A ‘good neighbor agreement’ has on track and we’re excited. limited firing to the hours of “We’re working All that remains is final 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. approvals.” with our municipal When it’s in use, it sounds The new firing range will partners, the province like a fireworks show, with go to the west of the sports the staccato clack-clackand Ottawa. It is on field, closer to the rest of clack of firearms invading the PRTC buildings. track and we’re excited. the otherwise peaceful The current range is All that remains is final scene. farther out on University of “As a member of this approvals” the Fraser Valley land, with community, that will make the lease expiring in 2016. me and a lot of other people very happy,” UFV wants that land back, to incorporate Legault smiled. “We’ve understood the into their agricultural program. They will frustration of people in the community. re-purpose the existing facilities to suit There’s always been a high level empathy their needs. about what we are trying to achieve — “One positive aspect for us is that training police officers who will help keep the distance between classes will be their community safe. We get one or two lessened, and we’ll be more efficient having it there,” Legault said. “It sounds calls a week, but I’ve never personally like a minimal thing, but it will actually been involved in a conflict about it. Callers make a very big difference at the end of ask, ‘What are you doing? How are you advancing?’ But once explained, they the day.” The most important aspect of the new understand.”
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education’s ready for 2014 Education that goes the distance by Katie Bartel
Education is changing in B.C. and zeroed in on technology and the need to Fraser Valley Distance Education is well make education more relevant to reflect positioned for that change. the world students now live in – meaning The top education buzzwords right now the traditional bricks and mortar style are 21st century learning and personalized school is no longer the only school of learning – both of which FVDES already choice. employ. “We’re learning that the one-size-fits-all And well. model is not the way to go anymore,” said While Chilliwack school district may be Manuel. relatively small compared to Vancouver The ministry of education is making and Surrey, it tops the charts for distance plans to enable students in every grade, learning. from kindergarten to “I really believe we Out of 55 public DL sites Grade 12, to cross-blend are positioned to be and 18 private ones in B.C., their learning, give them Chilliwack is number two for at the forefront of the options to take courses at choice, just slightly behind public schools, independent change in education” Vancouver’s enrollment. schools, and online all at the “This school has emerged same time if they so desire. as one of the leaders for DL,” said school Again, Fraser Valley Distance Ed already principal David Manuel. shines in that area. Eighty per cent of Twenty years ago, when FVDES first its student body comes from cross opened under the wing of the school enrollment. district, “there was insight in Chilliwack “We have a heap of students in grades this model of education needed to grow.” 10 to 12 taking one to two courses,” said Last year the school had just shy of Manuel. 1,000 full-time students, 3,000 total That’s what DL is all about – providing students, and 50 staff. students, regardless of their abilities, “Students are benefiting all over the with more options, more flexibility, more province because of us,” said Manuel. personalized learning to their specific “The DL world has opened education up – needs, said Manuel. there are no restrictions.” It’s not just the B.C. market taking The BC Education Ministry agrees. notice of FVDES. The ministry’s Education Plan has The school’s DL expertise has also
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been sought after by the Commonwealth of Learning, an intergovernmental organization that was created by Commonwealth Heads of Government, that’s helping less-developed countries improve access to quality education via distance learning. Last year the school’s principals were contacted to share their knowledge in DL. They’ve since traveled to Africa, India and Belize, of which the expenses were paid for by the Commonwealth, and in December,
they welcomed delegates from Belize into Chilliwack to learn from Chilliwack processes, Chilliwack administration, and Chilliwack teachers. “We have the potential to push the boundaries with the way we teach in DL,” said Manuel. “I really believe we are positioned to be at the forefront of the change in education.” Which means, “the more choices you have for kids, the more engaged they’re going to be.”
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education’s ready for 2014 Cutting edge in the classroom ◆
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Five years ago Chilliwack school district with fast wireless connections, secure lagged behind in technology, but now, it’s computer servers, new wiring and access leading the pack. points, and ceiling-mounted projectors and Chilliwack schools used to be a mismatch speakers in classrooms. of old bubble Macs, outdated PCs, and “Every school in our district now has complex Linux operating systems. equal access; we don’t have have-not There was no conformity. Most of the schools anymore,” said Savage. computer labs stayed black from inactivity. Individual schools have also set aside The school district had two options: stay funds in their budget for technology the course and risk producing technology “extras” like iPod Touches, iPads, Apple illiterate students, or invest. TVs, document cameras, and specialized Invest in technology. microphones to complement “We’re trying to arm their lesson plans. Invest in students. “Technology is all around teachers with the best “We’re trying to arm us, and if we’re going to resources available so teachers with the best create literate citizens, resources available so they they can do the best that means more than just can do the best job for our job for our students” teaching kids how to read,” students,” said Savage. said Kirk Savage, director of “Does technology directly improve achievement? instruction. “If we’re going to prepare kids to be There’s no test to determine that, but we successful, we need to prepare them with believe it will.” What it has done is open up new the tools to be successful.” Improving technology is one of four windows for opportunity. Like, for instance, SharePoint 2013, an priorities listed in the school district’s fiveonline, Microsoft sharing tool the school year strategic plan. This year, Chilliwack completed a three- district purchased and customized to use year, $3 million technology infrastructure for online collaboration between schools, upgrade, which included 1,800 new administrators, teachers, and eventually computers, about 55 per school, to outfit students. Unlike other online sharing platforms, labs and mobile laptop carts. All computers where data is often stored in the United are uniform Lenovos on Windows 7. As well, every school was equipped States, SharePoint’s data is all stored on
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Michelle Xia came to Chilliwack by way for Michelle. With each day Michelle is of Belize only a few years ago. Arriving learning to adapt to the Canadian ways of to Canada with her husband and child, doing business and regularly takes time to originally from Gaoming, China, Michelle speak with her customers. wanted to make a new life and be an In April of this year, Chilliwack active member of the community. Community Services initiated delivery of “It was only last year when I had come the Welcoming Communities Program. A to Chilliwack and tried to get my driver’s month after the launch of the program, license and failed the test then I contacted an immigrant business fair was held the centre”, Michelle continues, “I did not to create awareness of business and have any friends or family to talk to. I found employment services available to out about the Chilliwack newcomers in Chilliwack. “When I came to Community Services only The long term objective after I failed my test, then of the program is to help Canada I was feeling someone suggested I visit people like Michelle succeed dark, the Chilliwack the centre for help.” in Chilliwack. Community Services Chilliwack Community Coordinator Melissa Services Welcoming was the light for me” Warren is a key part Communities Program of the program and assists newcomers with a continues to embark on variety of services that help immigrants community dialogues, plans to develop a successfully integrate into society. The comprehensive list of immigrant services centre is also working with a number of and complete a newcomer welcome stakeholders in the community to create a kit before the Welcoming Communities welcoming and inclusive city. Program’s contract completion at the end “I have no education, I have no of March 2014. qualification, but I have (been) working As Canada’s population continues to hard. I can never work too hard” says age, immigrants will continue to be a Michelle. Recently, Michelle opened key component of the labour market Michelle’s Cafe in Sardis and her customers and business community. The services have been very supportive and thrilled provided by the centre plan to contribute with her food. Despite this success, doing to this growth and transform the lives of business in Chilliwack has been a challenge newcomers living in Chilliwack.
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“When I started my coffee shop, the community services helped me to make a video to promote my shop, it was really nice to have so many people supporting me as I started my business,” Michelle continues, “I also felt like I would like to improve my English and the centre helped me with this too. They give me lots of support, lots of good support.” Being a mom Michelle was concerned
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agriculture’s ready for 2014 From the gate to the plate ◆
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Chilliwack’s farm gate industry is have produced 147 per cent more sales in showing outsiders it’s more than just corn. 2012 than 2006. “More and more people are buying Small-scale farmers throughout the city have been opening their gates for years local,” said Debra Amrein-Boyes, director in an attempt to provide the community – of Fraser Valley Farm Direct Marketing and beyond – the delectable food riches it Association. “People are looking to buy direct, they don’t want their food shipped, desires. An increasing number of consumers they want more transparency.” And when they see it on the farm, or want to know where their food was grown, directly from farmers, “they feel confident how it was grown, when it was grown. of quality and integrity,” said Amrein-Boyes. And Chilliwack farmers have those Holly and Ken McKeen, answers. “People are looking who operate a small Fresh, locally grown and to buy direct, they black angus cattle farm in harvested fruits, vegetables, Greendale, have a policy nuts, grains, cheese, don’t want their food never to deliver their beef poultry, beef, and yes, corn shipped, they want cuts. too picked straight from more transparency” They want their customers Chilliwack soils all being sold to see the farm, the cows directly to consumers on grazing naturally, the every farms, roadside stands, farmer’s markets, day practices. or CSA programs. With just 50 heads, 10 mother cows, According to the 2011 Census, direct 10 babies, and the rest calves purchased farm gate sales in Chilliwack were $360 at auction, there’s no crowded feed lots, million for the year, an increase of more no inhumane practices, no stress for the than $100 million from the 2006 numbers. cows. As well, a recent study commissioned “It’s not feed lot beef; there’s a big, big by the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets difference,” said McKeen. “It’s not 10,000 and the University of Northern British cows jammed into a huge lot. Our cows Columbia showed a significant growth are raised on the grass without hormones. of farmers’ markets. According to the They’re well cared for.” study, the number of markets in B.C. have “It comes out in the taste,” she said. increased by 62 per cent since 2006, and
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Throughout both the summer and the masses. winter months, the couple spend Many people don’t realize fresh food upwards of four days a week manning can be obtained locally year round, booths at various farmers’ markets said Dan Oostenbrink, who owns Local throughout Vancouver and the Lower Harvest Market on Lickman Road with Mainland, pushing their Greendale grown his wife Helen. garlic and tomatoes onto city dwellers. The Oostenbrinks hope their With them, they bring cheeses from market will shine a spotlight on that Smits and Co.w, hazelnut products from misconception. Canadian Hazelnuts, and organic muesli Local Harvest Market sits on 30 from Anita’s Grain Mill. acres of land, which is dedicated solely They boast about to growing fruits and “A place like this, Chilliwack farms, they vegetables compatible there are so many brag about Chilliwack’s to the Chilliwack area, leisure, and they promote which are then sold in the opportunities for Chilliwack events like Slow retail outlet at the front Food Cycle Tour and the learning centred around of the property. Each fare food, which is a huge seeded is selected based Greendale Sampler. “I try to promote the area necessity for now and on viability, time of year, as much as I can, the farms, and consumer interest. It’s for the future” the events, the leisure picked fresh daily, handled places to enjoy,” said Doug by one set of hands, has no Lowe. sprays or fertilizers. “I’m showing people in the city that “We want to educate consumers on there’s still a farm scene in Chilliwack, buying local and supporting the local there’s still local farmers able to grow community, and we want to educate good, quality herbs and vegetables. the very young on where their food And once they taste our local produce, is coming from,” said Oostenbrink, a something that’s been freshly picked former school principal. that morning, you can’t get fresher than The plan for the market is to evolve that, they’re hooked.” it into a full-scale agri-educational outlet Still, the farmers agree increased with farm tours, educational workshops, education is required in order to win over lessons on home gardening, and
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agriculture’s ready for 2014 Finding that farming niché ◆
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Chilliwack may be in the country, but its food has found a profitable market in the city. A number of local farmers have tapped into a niche market, growing specifically for restaurants and ethnic communities. Ducks, Taiwan chickens, beef, San Marzano tomatoes, beer hops and more. “If you see a barbecued duck hanging in a window in downtown [Vancouver] or Richmond, chances are good it’s ours,” said Ken Falk, owner of Fraser Valley Duck and Goose Farm in Yarrow. Agriculture has been the backbone of the Chilliwack community for as long as it’s been in existence. With 939 farms, comprising of approximately 67 per cent of Chilliwack’s land dedicated to agriculture, Chilliwack is home to more farmland than any other Lower Mainland processes approximately 20,000 Taiwan community. chickens, and between But it’s only been in “Agriculture isn’t just 12-15,000 ducks a week recent years that niche farming has taken its hold dirt and solvent manure – of which, 100 per cent of the chickens and 95 – thanks to technology and anymore, it’s a high per cent of the ducks are changing demographics. “Agriculture isn’t just tech industry with a lot destined for the Chinese marketplace in the Greater dirt and solvent manure of opportunities” Vancouver area. anymore, it’s a high tech A small percentage of industry with a lot of their ducks has also made opportunities,” said Walter Dyck, chair of its way into high end restaurants in the Chilliwack Agriculture Commission. Fraser Valley Duck and Goose Farm Continued: NICHÉ/ p22
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Chilliwack, Vancouver, and wineries At Sartori Cedar Ranch in the Columbia in the Okanagan, listed on menus as a Valley, Christian Sartori has brought “Yarrow Meadow” product. Chilliwack back to another part of its “I think it does a lot for our community,” agricultural roots with his hops crops. For seven years, Sartori has been said Falk. “We’re having more and more people harvesting beer hops, something that from the Greater Vancouver area driving used to be a key agricultural commodity out because of our product.” in Chilliwack, but that had pretty much Falk expects that traffic to increase died out in the 1990s. in the next couple years when the farm Sartori’s hops have attracted the intends to have a fully operating, proper attention of brewmasters and beer store front on the property enthusiasts from across “We’re becoming to sell from. the country, including his Doug Lowe, of main customer, Molson known as a place Greendale Herb and Vine, Breweries, which features where people know Sartori in a video on its made his connections with Vancouver restaurateurs how to farm properly, website that talks about through farmers’ markets. how to make a quality “a hops renaissance in Canada.” Last year, Lowe started product. As farmers, It’s not just the big growing San Marzano that are tomatoes, considered to that’s what we all strive breweries noticing. With the recent be the best paste tomato, for.” proliferation of smaller, for an authentic Italian craft breweries, the need pizzeria in Vancouver, at the request of a chef he met at the New to secure a reliable source of hops has grown – many of who are going to Westminster Farmers’ Market. Another chef opening a restaurant Sartori Cedar Ranch. One craft brewer – Driftwood Brewery in West Vancouver has also expressed interest in Lowe’s tomatoes and herbs. – produces a wet-hopped “Sartori “I’ve made connections with Harvest IPA” that one blogger calls, restaurants through the farmers’ “easily the most anticipated beer in markets; they tell me what they need B.C.” Chilliwack Economic Partners and I grow it,” said Lowe.
Rows of hops ready for harvest at Sartori Cedar Ranch in the Columbia Valley. With the recent proliferation of smaller, craft breweries, the need to secure a reliable source of hops has grown – many of who are going to Sartori Cedar Ranch
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tourism’s ready for 2014 Capitalizing on Chilliwack’s beauty ◆
by Jenna Hauck
There’s no question about it, Chilliwack is a hotspot for regional tourism. Despite the global economic downturn of 2008, the great recession didn’t have as big of an effect locally as one may think. “The impact was less (here in Chilliwack) than in many tourism destinations, like larger ones such as Whistler, Vancouver and Victoria. They are dependent on international, and we are dependant on regional tourism,” says Cultus Lake Water Park is just one local draw. Brian Coombes, president of Chilliwack JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS FILE Economic Partners Corporation, and former executive director of Tourism Vancouver that you feel like your on a Chilliwack. In fact, Chilliwack may have the best vacation,” says Coombes. With venues such as Chilliwack of many worlds. With the high price of gas, many Heritage Park and Prospera Centre, people who in the past would travel to there are also visitors who come here for weekend-long the Interior for a summer “You’re just far events such as trade vacation, are now only shows and expos, sports going as far as Chilliwack. enough away from tournaments, music Being a little more Vancouver that you feel festivals, and horse than an hour’s drive from Vancouver, Chilliwack is like your on a vacation” shows, to name a few. These multi-day visitors an ideal spot for people are spending money here to come for a day trip, whether it’s to swim in our lakes, fish — staying in local accommodations, in our rivers, hike our mountains, or dining in our restaurants, and shopping downtown. play in our parks. “You’re just far enough away from Continued: TOURISM/ p24
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Two years ago, Tourism Chilliwack took “In Chilliwack there is no one single on the management agreement to operate area that is the tourism and visitor area. Heritage Park (previously, the Chilliwack Tourism is touching all parts of our Arts Council operated the facility). community, from Bridal Falls to Cultus When Tourism Chilliwack took over, Lake to Yarrow,” says Coombes. they started from scratch in marketing the But it’s not just the vacationers and facility to attract new events as to bring weekend visitors who are impacting as many different walks of life as possible Chilliwack’s economy. It’s people and to Chilliwack — from dog lovers to horse students who are living, studying and riders, metal-detecting enthusiasts to training at developments such as Canada roller derby players. Education Park which houses the Pacific The money from these Region Training Centre, “Tourism is touching Canada Border Services events that is generated beyond operational goes Agency’s training facility, all parts of our into a building reserve fund, community, from Bridal UFV’s new campus, plus its brand-new Agriculture which is earmarked for of Excellence improving the building itself Falls to Cultus Lake to Centre Yarrow” building. by adding features such as Those people are now more washrooms and more living, working and spending entrance points. “We look at what the facility is lacking money here in Chilliwack. “Chilliwack is very fortunate to have and how we can improve it to be more a very diverse economy, and within multipurpose,” says Coombes. Cultus Lake is also a hugely popular that diversity, tourism is a very strong component,” says Coombes. “Tourism is destination point. “We are very fortunate to be a an industry that employs a lot of people neighbour of Cultus Lake,” he adds. in Chilliwack.” Although the regional tourism is doing Tourism Chilliwack has a cooperative marketing program with the Cultus Lake well in Chilliwack, European business has Park Board and the businesses located definitely suffered over the years. Back there. They’re “connecting the two in the 1990s Chilliwack was a summer destination place for international visitors communities together.”
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tourism’s ready for 2014 Taking Prospera Centre beyond hockey ◆
by Eric Welsh
The process of filling up Prospera many people as you need when you Centre with events hasn’t been quite could charge $50 and get them all.” Prospera Centre had two as easy as Glen Ringdal had hoped. But the arena boss believes business entertainment shows this year. Religious events filled some dates. will be picking up soon. “We’ve got the building well equipped Jehovah’s Witnesses were in for four now, where before we didn’t have the weekends and the City Wide Church things we needed,” he said. “We had to Service took a Sunday. “We’re starting to buy a stage and chairs. We “We had to buy find some other events,” had to schedule ourselves Ringdal said. “Skate in such a way to make it a stage and chairs. Canada had an event work, but we’ve got all We had to schedule here (Autumn Leaves) that down pretty pat now. We’re ready to get people ourselves in such a way in October, and we’re still looking at curling. to come.” to make it work, but Working together with Ringdal believes the we’ve got all that down Tourism Chilliwack is Prospera Centre rates compare favourably pretty pat now. We’re very important, because to other venues. His ready to get people to they’re so excellent at challenge is finding the coordinating hotels. We’ve come” right shows. also talked with the City There have been a few about not conflicting with in recent times that have been booked, events at Townsend Park and Exhibition and haven’t sold as well as Ringdal Stadium, because there’s only so much expected they should. parking to go around.” “That had more to do with pricing Ringdal believes Prospera Centre, set by outside promoters who don’t the Chilliwack Cultural Centre and know our community,” he said. “We’re Heritage Park are three great facilities, going to take more responsibility for capable of hosting a wide variety of talking to promoters about the pricing activities. strategy they need to have. There’s no But he believes they all need a little use charging $100 and getting half as help.
Already popular for events like the annual Citywide Church Service, Prospera Centre is looking to expand the kinds of events it offers, bringing the venue beyond hockey.
“That’s why I’m looking forward to dealing with Brian (Coombes) at CEPCO (The Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation),” Ringdal said. “I think CEPCO has that key role to play in being the stimulator of a good
environment for people to come here. It’s not just about taxation. It’s about the value of living and working here. I think CEPCO could stimulate that activity and make a show promoter say, ‘That’s a good place to go.’”
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Bryan Ewart has noticed something PGA of BC’s Facility of the Year. Past over the last six to nine months. winners include the Vancouver Golf Club Groups of people heading out on golf (2012), Shaughnessy Golf and Country vacations to the Interior and Okanagan Club (2011), Cordova Bay Golf Club (2010) seem to be working Chilliwack into their and Fairview Mountain Golf Club (2009). itinerary. Before heading up to Kamloops Heavyweights all, putting CG&CC in or Kelowna, they’re playing 18 holes at his very, very good company. Chilliwack Golf and Country Club, or one “We’ll use this as a huge marketing of the other fine courses dotting the Fraser opportunity,” Ewart said. “We’re now on Valley landscape. the same list as some high, high calibre “They’re stopping here on their first day courses.” or their last day, and in my The ascension of CG&CC two-and-a-half years here, into the BC golfing elite that hasn’t happened before,” can be traced back to the “Chilliwack’s isn’t a the CG&CC manager said. hiring of Ewart and Jennifer A sign that Chilliwack has golf destination yet, in Greggain. finally elbowed its way onto my opinion, but it’s not Greggain took over as lead the golfing radar? Or is he unfeasible to see that instructor around five years reading more into it than he ago and immediately started happen.” should? crafting her vision. “Chilliwack’s isn’t a golf The longtime pro used destination yet, in my to travel miles for top-level opinion, but it’s not unfeasible to see that training, going into the city or across the happen,” Ewart said. “It’s a great central border to find what she needed. location for people from the Island, the She started by launching the Chilliwack Interior and the Lower Mainland. We’ve Golf Academy, recruiting a ‘dream team’ got 10 or 11 courses out here, and there’s of instructors including Kathy Stecyk, Brad something for everybody.” Clapp and former Aquadel owner Dick There are plenty of reasons people Whitlam. should be flocking to the Fraser Valley to “She had a small network started golf. that while she was at Bridal Falls, and Ewart’s CG&CC was just named the she’s brought it here and expanded it
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massively,” Ewart said. “In the two years since she started the academy, it’s gone from bringing in (ballpark figures) $10,000 in lesson revenue to over $70,000. And there’s still potential for much more.” Getting Stecyk on the academy instruction team was a particularly large coup. She now splits her time between CG&CC and Surrey’s Northview Golf and Country Club.
“Northview might not like to hear this, but with Kathy coming on board, she had a lot of students who were traveling out of the region to go to there for instruction, whereas now they can come here,” Ewart said. “All of her business is mostly coming from out of town, Abbotsford and even further west into Langley and Surrey. Obviously, the growth that we’ve experienced indicates there are people Continued: GOLF/ p27
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coming into this region based on what had a lot of pros coming up to me saying, Jennifer and her team are offering.” ‘You’ve got to bring that Open back!’ Another of Greggain’s key moves was So we got our team excited about that, forging a partnership with Chris Bertram came up with some new ideas and got and the University of the Fraser Valley. some higher calibre players here. And that Bertram, the coach of the UFV men’s and created momentum.” women’s golf team, already used CG&CC Momentum that directly or indirectly as their home course, with both teams led to a crazy busy year. CG&CC hosting the PGA of BC’s recently winning national championships. Assistant Championship In June, a new teaching “We are very excited in conjunction with the facility was opened next to the driving range. The to … [bring] awareness Senior Men’s and Women’s nondescript building with to golfers throughout Professional Championships. The club also hosted a the sloped roof doesn’t look like much from the outside. the province that the Vancouver Golf Tour Major Fraser Valley is an Series stop and the BC But inside, Bertram loaded Golf Senior Women’s it with high-tech equipment, excellent local golf Championship. including two oversizeddestination with many “That was four hitting bays, high speed V1 video analysis, FlightScope great courses to choose unbelievably hectic weeks in May and June,” Ewart said. launch monitor technology, from” “We’re fortunate to have a and an exercise studio. Meanwhile, Ewart made it his mission really solid membership and a great board to resurrect CG&CC’s premier annual of directors. There’s a lot of courses that wouldn’t touch one of those events, let event, the Chilliwack Men’s Open. Not that it had died. But it had ebbed, alone doing all four of them.” Other local courses are stepping up to losing its luster as a must-play tournament. “The historian at the BC Golf Museum host significant tournaments this year. The Meadowlands Golf and Country told me this is one of the, if not the, longest running championships in the Club will host BC Golf’s bantam boys province, and unfortunately it was kind of and girls championship Aug. 21-22, , and dying a bit of a slow, painful death,” Ewart Royalwood Golf Course will host BC Golf’s said. “Even before I started at CG&CC, I juvenile boys and girls championship Aug.
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business’s ready for 2014 Flower power at Quik’s ◆
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Changing lives for 40 years.
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Afternoon clouds hang heavily over the fields of Chilliwack, but inside Quik Farms, it’s always springtime. What began as a potato farm 25 years ago has blossomed into one of the premier flower growing operations in the province. It has nearly seven acres now under glass, using innovation and ingenuity to grow flowers for markets across Western Canada and into the United States. Another 13 acres outside grow seasonal flowers. Quik’s is part of growing number of greenhouse operations in Chilliwack that have transformed the local agricultural industry. Once at the mercy of the vagaries of the elements, farmers now have the ability to shape the environment they grow in, prolonging the growing season and providing year-round employment. Producing everything from tomatoes to poinsettias, they are part of a multi-million dollar industry that has transformed the Fraser Valley’s agriculture landscape. Quik’s specializes in crythansimums – lots of crythansimums. Each year the farm produces an estimated five million stems. That crop is supplemented by another 600,000 stems of lilies, and up to 500,000 stems of alstomeria. The flowers find their way into wedding bouquets, table centrepieces and flower markets both far and wide. In 2010 they held a place of honour on Olympic podiums in Vancouver, Richmond and Whistler. Those bouquets presented to each medal recipient featured flowers grown at Quik’s. Leo Quik says his fondness for flowers might have something to do with his European heritage. Responsible for sales and logistics, Leo says a bouquet of fresh flowers is a staple in so many European homes. But there is a lot of science behind that simple pleasure. Indeed, growers strive for perfection, not only in production techniques, but also in the final product. That means constant research and innovation, like movable propagation beds that allow young cuttings to be shifted beneath the appropriate irrigation drips, depending on the stage of their development. Chrysanthemums are not grown from seed at Quik’s. They start as cuttings, mostly taken from their own mature plants.
This helps maintain the consistency that customers demand, but also protects the crop from any outside disease. Chrysanthemums are an ancient flower, with roots stretching back to 1500 BC. They come in every, shape, size and colour imaginable, with more being developed every season. Keeping ahead of what variety markets demand (months ahead of when the cuttings are planted) is just one of the challenges faced by Quik’s. It’s a competitive and secretive trade that takes planning, research and intuition. In addition to Quik’s own home-grown varieties, the farm also works with breeders in Holland who help them acquire any new varieties which are licensed to be reproduced in North America, Leo says. Choosing what varieties to grow is only the beginning. Once the cuttings have matured, the plugs are transferred to the main part of greenhouse. They are planted directly in that rich Chilliwack soil, spaced between a wire grid that is elevated as the plant grows to provide constant support. The spacing between has to be balanced between the needs of the plant, and the desire to maximize production. Drip lines provide measured water and nutrients; supplemental lights extend the growing day. Warmth is maintained through boilers using either natural gas or wood pellets. The emphasis is always on environmental sustainability, Leo says. Pests, for example, are controlled with “good bugs.” Even the carbon dioxide byproduct from the gas boilers is reintroduced into the greenhouse to enhance the growing environment. When the flowers are mature, they’re harvested by hand (although Quik’s is investigating a more efficient automated system). Most of the stems are shipped early in the morning to Burnaby were they are sold through the United Flower Growers’ unique auction system – a daily event that can accommodate more than 3,000 transactions every hour. But not all the flowers make it to the auction floor. Quik’s also has a retail outlet at its Prest Road greenhouse, bringing field fresh flowers to customers right at the farm gate. To find out more about Quik’s (and to even order flowers online) go to www.quikfarm.ca
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But the city isn’t ready to commit. If a plan the next steps based on that,” said new CCC is built with financial help from Chilliwack mayor Sharon Gaetz. “It could the city, there’s no guarantee it stays in its be upgraded. It could be removed. Or something new, like a spray-park, may go current location. “Being located on one of the City’s in that space. We’ll talk to current users, highest profile sites may not be required,” like the Spartans Swim Club, to figure out a plan, and council will discuss that.” the report hints. Over the last decade, The city would also want “So we have to Chilliwack has seen a brand the new building to have have a pretty clear new arena (Prospera Centre) some built-in flexibility, to knowledge about built. The Chilliwack Cultural keep it from lying dormant in the offseason. Perhaps a where we want to go Centre opened two years ago. The city artificially turfed floor underneath the ice that and what the needs two fields (Townsend and could be put to use during the will be in the future. Exhibition Stadium), and the summer months? Perhaps Renwick’s Evergreen Hall This allows us to look Cheam Leisure Centre was idea? at trends, ask the public partially renovated. Gaetz said advance The city’s strategic plan for feedback and meet planning was crucial to saving identifies other projects that those needs moving money on those projects. may, pending approval by “We don’t borrow money. council, move ahead over forward.” We pay as we go,” Gaetz the next 10 years. said. “So we have to have At least one additional ice a pretty clear knowledge about where we sheet added at Twin Rinks to make it... Trio want to go and what the needs will be in Rinks? Triple Rinks? Trois Rinks? A second turf field at Townsend Park or the future. This allows us to look at trends, ask the public for feedback and meet those at a completely different location? A new indoor tennis center and the needs moving forward.” Download the complete Parks, development of a sports complex on the Recreation and Culture Strategic Plan in south side of the freeway. “The outdoor Rotary Pool is nearing PDF form at chilliwack.com/main/page. the end of its life-span and we’ll need to cfm?id=2345
Thorin Rampton, 11, asks instructor Craig Allen a question during a Chilliwack Centre of Excellence (CCE) paddling session at Cheam Leisure Centre. The new pool is one of several facilities that have been added to Chilliwack’s recreational inventory over the past few years. The City of Chilliwack recently completed its Park, Recreation and Culture Strategic Plan to see what needs to be done in the future. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
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