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August 20, 2010
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Peachland, BC
Volume 06 | Number 33
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The Deep Creek Bridge progresses on schedule.
District signs Letter of Intent with TNI Property Management Inc. By Joanne Layh
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The District of Peachland has signed a Letter of Intent with TNI Property Management for the redevelopment of a block of downtown land that covers the areas between 2nd and 3rd Streets and by Beach Avenue and Highway 97. The District owns approximately 40 per cent of the land in this block (the municipal office, fire hall, ambulance station, Chamber of Commerce/ Visitor Centre and the parking lot by the Royal Canadian Legion). The remainder of the properties within the block are either owned or con-
trolled by TNI Property Management with just one exception – The Edgewater Hotel. The Letter of Intent sets out how the district property may be acquired by TNI and provides them with a timeframe to prepare and submit development plans for the site. Neither TNI nor the district were willing to share the details of the agreement at this early stage in the process, but it is clear that their vision would involve demolishing existing structures to rebuild something greater. “This is a big step, getting this letter with the
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Waldo Way looks with shops and artist studios, all this kind of thing, I think that’s fantastic,” Allison said, “Everything that that shows in the charrette, I love personally.” As a business owner based in Peachland, Allison would like to keep the project as local as possible in all aspects. The proposal could still be rejected by council, but given their support for the charrette process, that does not seem too likely. “We are very pleased to be working with TNI Property Management in this exciting initiative to revitalize downtown
Peachland,” Mayor Keith Fielding said. “Working with a local company to create new opportunities for business, residents and visitors can now happen in conjunction with the recently completed charrette process, resulting in the Sustainable Downtown Peachland Plan.” “I think our concept is very much in line with the charrette,” Allison told the View. “I know it is the town’s goal to get emissions down and a big way they hope to achieve that is to get more people living, working and playing downtown where they can walk to work, walk home, walk to
amenities,” Allison said, adding that they would be very keen to include green building practices where possible. Though plans are still in the development stages, it is possible that the structure that TNI might build would be tiered in nature, with the taller part being towards the highway and the shorter part being at Beach Avenue. Allison says the concept would also likely involve some public parking on a platform away from Beach Avenue. District staff say the development proposal will be presented at a public hearing at a future date.
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city signed,” TNI president Steve Allison said. “Now the next will be drawings and coming up with something the city feels meets their goals… eventually it will go to a public forum, where we’ll get input and make changes. I know it’s a long process but I’m committed to it. I need to do it for my business, I want to do it for my family and as a resident of town, quite honestly, you walk down Waldo Way; it’s terrible. All these back garbages everywhere and this and that. I think it could be so much more…If you’ve read the charrette report, when they show how
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