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STAN’S & FRAN’S SAYS GOODBYE
The sign on the PoCo window has always said ‘Fran’s Coiffures’ but, for 50 years, the many regular customers knew it as ‘Stan’s Coiffures.’ Now, Stan Mehrer is hanging up his scissors and some clients don’t know what they’ll do without him.
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DCC totals point to a ’15 building boom here But Coquitlam’s record year for DCC was 2013 GARY MCKENNA
The Tri-CiTy News
Construction in Coquitlam continues to move at a breakneck pace, with the city collecting one of the largest totals of development cost charges (DCC) in its history last year. While the record is still 2013, when DCC revenue hit $19.8 million, 2015 was not far behind at $17 million. Last year’s figures were
up 55% from 2014, when $11 million was collected. Jim McIntyre, the city’s manager of planning and development, said the money is allocated for utilities, transportation and park infrastructure required to accommodate the new developments. “It is not like a chest full of money that we can have a party with,” he told The TriCity News. “It is collected for specific purposes.” But McIntyre added that the high rate of DCC revenue shows the high level of construction activity currently taking place in the city. see MORE TOWERS, page 15
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Erin Davidson of the Austin Heights Business Improvement Association and Peter Meegan of Mary Ann Meegan Insurance Ltd. with one of 38 planters filled with produce and herbs that was installed earlier this year for Coquitlam Munch, a city of Coquitlam Community in Bloom project created to celebrate the city’s 125th anniversary. Meegan’s office has adopted three planters located in front of the building on Austin Avenue and the public is invited to pick the produce.
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