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SHE WEARS IT WELL:
Eighteen-yearold Yaris Palacios poses for a final photograph with Geoffrey Wallang of Artona studios. Palacios was one of 60 students from New Westminster and Surrey who took part in You Wear It Well’s annual boutique day. You Wear It Well is a New Westminster-based group that ogranizes a day of pampering for high school grads in-need. On boutique day, grads are treated to a day of shopping for that special grad dance outfit, hair and make-up services, lunch and a personal assistant to help with everything – and it’s all free of charge. For more on this year’s event, including more photos, see page 3. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
THE CHANGING CITY
City OKs project but wants new name Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
A local business fears it will be upstaged by a new development in downtown New Westminster. Domus Homes’ project for 813 to 823 Carnarvon St. includes 204 market condominiums in a 32-storey building and 66 non-market rental units in an eight-storey
building, as well as commercial space facing Carnarvon Street.The developer is building the non-market housing for Performing Arts Lodges (PAL) Vancouver, a non-profit that will provide affordable housing for veterans of the performing arts industry. Stefanie Swinnard founded The Stage New West, a youth and family-centred performing arts studio, in 2013.While she believes the PAL program will be a much-
needed service in the community, she’s concerned about the project’s name – Stage New Westminster. “Having to rebrand my entire company to retain a unique identity would essentially be starting over after five years, and this would have catastrophic consequences for the health and sustainability of my studio. I do not have the resources financially nor time-wise to achieve this within a rea-
sonable timeline,” she told council at Monday night’s public hearing. “I would like the council to consider the response other businesses may have if the proposed name was The Columbia or The Massey, or even El Santo or Piva. I believe there would be pushback.” Swinnard understands the developer’s desire to want to an arts-related name for the Continued on page 12
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