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Honoured
The Canadian Vintners Association has honoured Gray Monk Estates owners George and Trudy Heiss with its inaugural award of distinction. ...............................
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Pioneer Park
waters have been tested and cleared for swimmers to take the dive again. ...............................
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Go Foodism
Save the date Sunday, July 27, on your calendar as Canadian/Jamaican chef Cornel Fisher prepares a fourcourse meal for Reggae Night at Gatzke Orchards. ................................
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Flyers ■ Bulk Barn
■ Home Depot ■ Jysk
■ Save On Foods
■ Shoppers Drug Mart
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LAKE COUNTRY’S Main Street is shaping up to be a very attractive part of the community.
Proposed four buildings for Main Street KEVIN PARNELL After years of trying to lure commercial development to Lake Country’s downtown, a development proposal that will include four new commercial buildings on Main Street, in a vacant lot between the TD Bank and IGA, has received its first round of approvals from Lake Country council.
The Callahan Group out of Kelowna has received first reading for a development permit to construct four commercial buildings that will provide up to 27,000 square feet of development on the site. It’s just the second development proposed for Main
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Country. Lake Country’s economic development manager says while it’s been a long time coming for the district’s main street, the new proposal is a good step forward for the area. “It means new services, new stores and new jobs for
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Lake Country as well as new franchise opportunities and vacant commercial space to start businesses,” said Ryan Roycroft. “It’s just one more development to drive traffic to the area which is nothing but good for other businesses up and down Main street. “It also shows Lake Country is growing and seen as a vibrant com-
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munity. Businesses and developers will want to take advantage of that.” Among the proposed uses for the new commercial project on Main Street is a financial institution as well as a drivethrough business. The developer asked for a variance to allow the drive-through and it was passed, although Coun. Lisa Cameron voted against it as she has with past drivethrough applications. The Main Street development is one of three commercial developments currently before Lake Country council and all include drivethroughs. “The whole point of Main Street is to get people out of their cars,” said Cameron. “(But) this is definitely a positive. We went through the global economic downturn which changed the landscape for development. The economy is getting better and the development on Main Street is a great step.” Lake Country council did send the developer back to the drawing board in strategy sessions and asked that the proposed commercial development feature doors facing Main Street and not just Highway 97 in an effort to build Main Street into a pedestrian-friendly centre. Along with the Main Street development, there is also a major development planned at the corner of Highway 97 and Oceola Road
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