_ City seeks public input me
~ onnew downtown plan = hilt

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' - with the Terrace and District -
- ~ Credit 1 Union. ~

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Al 0- The Terrace Standard, d, Wednesday, July 5, 2006

, ~ ‘By SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN

TERRACE RESIDENTS had a chance to tell city officials.
_what they | would like to see the downtown area look like in -
"the coming years at an open meeting last week.

Roughly 70 people attended two presentations June. 29

outlining the city’s latest effort to formulate a downtown
. plan. Officials are focusing on a number of elements to con-

sider in making the downtown core more vibrant and pedes-
trian friendly.
-They’re focusing on several areas to consider from

, streetscape: enhancement, ‘pedestrian circulation, building _
‘and storefront improvements, beautification, gateway en-—

-” trances:and the former Co-op. property, now owned by the
» ” city. City officials will use the ideas solicited from the public

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‘to provide input to a final plan they hope to present before 7 aE

~~ council in mid- -September. If approved, council would adopt’:
it-and it,would be supported by the official community plan.

_-“The idea is that the downtown is really the heart of thé

) community,” ‘city planner David Block said.

Various concerns were raised from the importance of

_ keeping’ city streets and properties properly weeded, to what _ '
to do with the four acres of land the former Co-op occupies... {’
.. Many merchants. were ‘pleased with the city’ s new focus.

on the downtown core...

“I'm glad that you are putting together a formal plan, ™
Says downtown retailer Tara Valk. “As. long as that progress 7

is s visible and measurable, I think people will be pleased. "
. Businessman Bryan Gascon applauded the city’s effort to

oe ‘get input but questioned how it will pay for the implementa-
“tion of the plan.when the city budget remains tight.
“Where is it going to come from?” Gascon asked. ‘Right

‘now, I get the impression there is nothing in the coffers.”

benches such as those seen here. |

JULIA HILL and other: city 0 officials hope to. improve’
the downtown's look by focusing on ‘streetscapes, in-
cluding the interlocking brick, landscaping and d park

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to share costs. ‘That ‘could take the form of sharing. costs or

~ creating a business. improvement area tax where merchants ,_

The city, wants to form partnerships with business o owners ° * would pay more taxes for enhancements i in their area.

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“We want to make: clear.
to everyone in Terrace that.

SAVINGS .
is buying.

N ORTHERN
Credit . Union

t

redit Union buys land

cies, which is owned~ by
Northern. Savings, will con-

District Credit: Union has
23. employees — including

land ‘downtown on which to

construct ‘a building for its

The. location i is on ‘the

“. northeast corner of Lazelle
__ Ave. and Sparks St.,
ae between the current North-
ém Savings: branch: and the
~ now-former. Terrace ° and
. _. «District Credit Union build-.
-.-ing. The latter merged with
-Northern Savings July 1.

right

“We wanted to be in. that.

operations

our branch here will be.a -
new beginning for our two

institutions with us: ‘combin-

ing the strengths of both,” ”

* said Tarr. -

“The combined. “staffs

_ will have as strong and deep
human skills and experience ~
as any’ financial institution
-branch in B.C. We ‘want to
* Jaunch our new beginning in
Terrace with an appropriate -
new space that will last us_
fora very long time.”

» 16 unionized employees of ©

which two are summer stu-

dents, and the rest are man-.
agers or commercial ' loans:
officers.“ That number ‘will ’

be reduced by one because

interim general

Ken Earl retired July 1.
Northern Savings. Credit

' Union’s branch has 17 em-

ployees, including: three’

‘managers. Tony deViveiros
is the .branch manager for

Northern Savings..-

‘manager .~

tinue to operate out of its
current. location on Lakelse

_ Ave. where it recently, telo-

cated from the Skeena Mall.
“Paragon has just recent-

.ly moved into new quarters

and we see no heed to dis-

_Tupt their Operations with .

another move,’ ’ Tarr stated.

The. existing Northern .
‘Savings branch building is
“leased and there is no indica-’

tion yet ‘as.to what will hap-

pen with the old Terrace and:

District ‘building. -

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Boo location i in that part of town oe
80 it was very fortunate that
‘there was some available
property that we could as-
=. semble,” Northern Savings
‘CEO. Mike Tarr said last
week. “We feel that comer
of the community is a good.
‘corner for us and a good lo- ©
cation.”. °
Involved are two separate
parcels and the credit union®
is negotiating with the city
on a: lane allowance, said:
Tarr.
: Construction of a new fa:
cility won’t begin until later
~ this year with completion
slated for next summer.
“4 ‘Tarr Said it is too early
: ”. to tell: what the new build-
, ing will look like, but Tarr
-expects it to be a single |
storey facility large enough’
_ to accommodate. the com-
“ _ bined operations of the two.
branches in Terrace. 7
- » Last week, signage for
the former Terrace and Dis- ‘
. trict Credit Union started to §
be removed, making way for |
.@ new sign that will reflect
. Northern Savings’ acquisi-—
tion of the former. —

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