Last week, at the Save Public Waterfront sponsored meeting to discuss development of the current parking lot between the Interior Savings Centre and the river, Mayor Terry Lake gave his point of view and welcomed questions. This, to my mind, is huge. People wanted to see him there and I heard some people say he clarified issues that were previously confusing to them. He stood in the line of a bit of rhetorical fire. People gave him a large round of applause as he left.
I think it is silly for Nancy Bepple and others to be making such a fuss over a parking lot. The Save Public Waterfront group is trying to mislead people into thinking that lot is more than it is. It is time for the Kamloops city council to think of the future and allow Kamloops to become the great city that it should have become fifteen years ago.
There is a reason why Kamloops is looked down upon by alot of other communities and people around British Columbia and Canada and that is because the mayors and the councils constantly back down to small special-interest groups who wish to see Kamloops as a small 'cowboy ranching town'.
I for one believe that in order for this city to thrive and achieve the next step in its evolution we need to be pro-growth . It is nice to remember the past but let's not continue to live in the past.
Posted by: Bradley Kerr | June 14, 2007 at 11:23 PM
First of all I would like to say that I am opposed to the hotel at the water front, there is no need for it to be there. I have not heard of the alternative locations, where are they? Does it have to be on the south side of the river? Why not put it where the Henry Gube Center is??? It would have a better view of the downtown and Riverside Park. Also, there could be a boardwalk constructed on the dike with concessions and gift shops for the summer tourist and locals. A few stairways down to the beach, and a cement pool like they used to have in Stanley Park years ago. These are just thoughts but I think they are good ones.
Posted by: Albert Gabriel | June 19, 2007 at 10:00 PM
Hi Arjun,
Just wanted to say I am disappointed that no one from council was at the North Shore Planning Open House today.....
Not as much interest in those of us on the wrong side of the river I guess.
Posted by: Bonnie | June 21, 2007 at 05:28 PM
Hello Bonnie - just emailed you, but also wanted to leave a response here that I was planning to attend the open house but was invited by my parents for dinner at their place. They have been out of town for a while. Sorry for not being at the event.
Posted by: Arjun Singh | June 21, 2007 at 09:33 PM