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Boys and Girls Club fix-up The Lake Country club has had a refurbishment thanks to donated supplies and volunteer labour. ...............................
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Tom Fletcher wonders how much influence your local government’s employees union has at your city hall. ...............................
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CONSTRUCTION crews broke ground on a large commercial development on Lake Country’s Main Street last week as work on one of three significant commercial developments got underway.
■ Budget Blinds
▼ DOWNTOWN LAKE COUNTRY
■ Home Depot ■ Jysk ■ KMS Tools
Major commercial construction underway
■ Rona
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■ Save On Foods
Construction crews have broken ground on a large commercial project in downtown Lake Country, kicking off what will be unpreced-
■ Shoppers Drug Mart ■ Staples
ented commercial construction in the district over the next year. The Callahan Group out of Kelowna began work on its 27,000-square-foot, four building complex on
Main Street last week, one of three commercial developments that will add as much as 80,000 square feet of commercial development to the municipality when completed.
“It’s good to see the commercial development in the community,” said Ryan Roycroft, Lake Country’s manager of economic development. “Eighty-thousand square feet of retail sounds like a
lot, especially for a small community but it’s been a number of years since Lake Country has seen strong growth. This is a lot of that pent-up demand. The community has been growing briskly
for a number of years and we’re finally at a point where a lot of national tenants are starting to notice Lake Country.” The Callahan proSEE COMMERCIAL A3