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BYLAW Michael Potestio THE MERRITT HERALD
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has moved to ensure the regional government is consulted when a biosolids composting facility proponent tries to set up shop in the TNRD. Last month the board of directors for the regional district approved the third reading of a new bylaw that requires any party intending to establish a biosolids composting facility in the TNRD set up shop on P3 zoned land. Area M director Randy Murray said there is currently no available P3 land in the TNRD meaning a desired piece of land will need to go through a rezoning process, which requires approval from the regional district and public hearings. “It can’t just be brought in overnight anymore and show up in your backyard in 30 days,” Murray said. He said previously a proponent could simply pick a piece of RL1 zoned land (rural) in the TNRD, get the approval from the province an bypass the regional district.
See ‘Bylaw’ Page 2
Local students remember a national tragedy. See page 2.
New unified directory to find Merritt services David Dyck THE MERRITT HERALD
It’s been two years in the making, but last week the Merritt Integration Project (MIT) unveiled a new way for Merrittonians to find businesses and services in the area with both a pubic service directory and a youth directory — in print and online at www. accessmerritt.com. Chelsea Morrey, director of the
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Gold Trail at Interior Community Services in Merritt and chair of the MIT said the directory allows the various agencies, businesses and the city to all work together, where before they were working in isolation. “Lots of folks have a little black book that they share amongst themselves, but there was no collaborative link to any of us,” she said “Rather than saying, ‘Sorry, I
can’t help you,’ and close the door, we can say, ‘It may not be me, but let me make a phone call or let me get the address of where you can go — they’re the folks that can get you where you need to be,’” said Morrey. That distance also meant that a lot of the time services overlapped, or they were competing for the same government funding. Morrey started to recognize this
lack of communication and duplication of service back in 2013. Starting a conversation was the first step. “We starting bringing together senior management of agencies across the community to get together on a monthly basis and talk about the gaps the barriers the needs of Merritt and the Nicola Valley,” she said.
See ‘MIT’ Page 3
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