3 September 2014

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Waimea Weekly

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Hadley Blackman gets some air time as she enjoys perfect spring snow conditions at Rainbow Ski Area last weekend. Rainbow has been busy preparing for three big season-ending events, including the Harcourts Regional Primary School champs next Wednesday, the Rainbow 10th Anniversary Celebrations and annual Bowater Motor Group Slush Challenge on September 13 and the Summit Batty Club champs on September 14.

Warehouse open, but more to come The Warehouse’s latest store has only just opened on Queen Street in Richmond and four new businesses are already waiting to move onto the site when the next stage of the development is completed. Nelson MP Nick Smith cut the ribbon at last Thursday’s official opening of The Warehouse on the former Placemakers site adjacent to the Richmond Mall. Although it signalled the completion of one project that store manager Geoff Bostock says “has been a long time coming”, it marked the start of another for the crew from Gibbons

Construction. Gibbons Construction is moving straight from The Warehouse onto two new premises on the site that will be home to four businesses. National retailers Tango’s Shoes and Bed Bath & Beyond will be moving into a new building to be completed next to the Richmond Police Station by the end of February. Law firm McFadden McMeeken Phillips and Nelson Radiology are moving into offices on the second floor of The Warehouse complex when they are completed

next month. Nelson Radiology’s Richmond branch is moving from temporary premises on Talbot Street, after being flooded out of their building on the corner of Queen Street and Gladstone Road last year. Nelson law firm McFadden McMeeken Phillips is moving its Richmond offices from Florence Street. Gibbons Construction had earlier completed the KMart building on the site and managing director of Gibbons Construction, Scott Gibbons, says there continues to be a big demand for retail and business

premises in Richmond. The KMart complex also houses Couplands Bakery, Benge and Co, Aki Sushi and Columbus Coffee. “Richmond is really going ahead,” Scott says. “We keep building these places and people keep coming here - the momentum is creating more momentum.” However, Scott admits that their latest project provided a big challenge, after wet weather in April delayed key stages by almost a month.

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