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Chris Wilson, who has organized the biannual sales of used sport equipment to help raise money for KidSport TriCities since they began in 2007, says he has seen all manner of gear and interpretations of what is sport — and this year, that includes a colourful kite. For more on the sale, see page 17. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Coquitlam has sketched out an early game plan to attract office space to city centre. But whether it’s a winning formula won’t be known for decades. City staff presented a report to council Monday outlining strategies to create a downtown and double employment in the area in 25 years. The report noted, Coquitlam’s city centre encompasses 1,789 acres — and Vancouver’s is 1,157 acres. “Our downtown is physically the same size as Vancouver, which is from Stanley Park to Chinatown, which is a huge area with lots of stuff in it. We can’t achieve [what Vancouver has] over-
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night,” manager of community planning Andrew Merrill pointed out to council. The staff report said, “It is important that the existing malls and shopping plazas do not become solely residential enclaves. Commercial and office development is essential for securing long-term economic prosperity since it adds to the non residential tax base and provides job opportunities.” The city envisions office business districts built around the Lincoln and Coquitlam Centre SkyTrain stations. The report notes the closer office buildings are to SkyTrain stations, the lower the vacancy rates and the higher the rents. The city is proposing developers be required to build standalone office buildings, although in combination with other types of development since the districts are not meant to become exclusively office precincts. see
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