Fields to shut its store AFTER 28 years in business, Terrace’s Fields store will shut down near the end of April. The closure throws six em- ployees out of work at the out- let in the Gobind Mall. “It’s just not meeting our ex-— pectations,” said Mark Vella, the general manager at Fields’ head office. “There was no sign of an immediate return to profitability so we made the decision to close that particular store.” He said the lease was expiring and after a review the decision was made not to renew. The Terrace outlet had seen declining sales for several years, due to a combination of the eco- nomic downturn and a large num- ber of nearby competitors. Fields aims to be a convenien- ce-style department store and its close proximity to Zellers and local dollar stores hurt, he said. “Is been trending down for quite a few years for us,” he said. “The sales started deteriorating several years ago and never re- turned. It just reached a point where it wasn’t viable.” The 52-year-old Fields chain has 106 stores, most in B.C. and ‘ ome PAMELA GRANT is one of the workers at Terrace's Fields store that will lose her job when the store clases around the end of Aprill. Sales have been in decline for years, company officials say. Alberta. Other retailers have also pulled the plug lately. Soccer-buy, located next to the Bank of Montreal, and Universal Workwear in the Skeena Mall ~ both shut down late last year. Aroma’s restaurant on Lakelse has also shut its doors. Bucking the trend was the Hot House restaurant, which expanded over the holidays into an adjacent space, making the Indian/Mexican restaurant more than twice as large. “When retail closes you usual- ly see it at this time of year,” noted Ken Veldman, the departing economic development authority president. ; January has been particularly tight on many merchants, ‘hé said, as businesses wait for a prolonged resolution of the Skeena Cellulose crisis. “Things seem to be down,” he said. “Not disastrously down, but down, compared to last year.” Veldman says he still has seen considerable optimism in Terrace. “Most people realize we’ve probably got at least another six months of things being pretty tight,” he said, “People are still fairly optimis- tic that something positive is going to happen with the SCI si- tuation.” Besides a resumption of SCI operations under new ownership, he said hopes are pinned on a genberal rebound in commodity markets and a resolution of the softwood lumber dispute with the US. “They know that markets go down and markets go up,” Veld- man said. “People are in a pretty good position to ride this out. They're thinking the worst of it is behind.” CITY OF TERRACE NOTICE OF PUBLIC INPUT FINANCIAL PLAN 2002-2006 TAKE NOTICE THAT, the Cily of Terrace will hold a public consultation meeting on February 18, 2002 al 7:00 p.m, in the Counci! Chambers regarding the proposed 2002-2006 Financial Plan. FINANCIAL PLAN INSPECTION: ; The proposed 2002-2006 Financial Plan may be inspected at the City of Terrace main office at 3215 Eby Street between 8:30 a.m. & 4:30 p.m. from Wednesday, February 6, 2002 fo Monday, February 18,° 2002, {excluding Saturday and - Sundays}, or on the city website at www.cily.lerrace.be.ca PUBLIC INPUT DETAILS: ao Any person wishing to discuss the 2002-2006 Financial Plan may do so by attending the public input meeting to be held in Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 18, 2002. 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