A§& - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 3, 1997 TERRACE STANDARD. Business REvIEW Feds pouring in cash to promote tourism Terrace Tourism Council coordinator in place TOURISM related businesses are getting a big boost with the creation of a new job — Tourism Council coordinator. As the litle suggests, Marla McGowan will work with local businesses to promote tourism in Terrace. For cxample, she could help a hotel, car rental company and Shames Mountain put together skiing pack- ages. Or, if someone is intercsted in creating an adventure tourism business — like horse- back riding trips ~~ McGowan could —_ provide them with in- formation, McGowan is employed by ihe Terrace Tourism Council, a body that’s been around a little over a year. Money for ‘the position comes from three sources —_ $50,000 from Human Resources Development Canada, $45,000 this year from the cily of Terrace, and a donation of office space and supplies from the Chamber of Commerce. Although tourism is a provincial jurisdic- tion Human Resources jumped on board because increased tourism would lead to more jobs, said service delivery adviser Frank Contrino. ; “The economic impact is well worth the investment,” he said. As to whether that grant will be available for further years, Contrino couldn’t say. “Budgets aud political and economic priorities change.’? McGowan takes over work started by Sal- ly Poppleton. She did the groundwork for McGowan’s position. For the next few months McGowan will Maria McGowan be meeting with local restaurant, hotel, and adventure industry owners, as well as fish- ing guides and anyone else involved in the tourism industry. She wants to hear their ideas on how to market Terrace and the northwest overseas and in the United States. McGowan will also be meeting with her counterparts in Kitimat and Prince Rupert, They’ be discussing ways to market the northwest as a package. If other businesses want to get involved they can also join the Tourism Council. ‘‘Having a representative from each of the industries would be great,’’ said McGowan. ‘'The better the mix the more voice from the community.’’ Over the next few years the city hopes to reduce the amount of money it spends on tourism promotion. Next year the cily’s grant of $45,000 will be reduced to $35,000, says economic de- velopment officer Ken Veldman. And that amount will likely shrink further in 1999. Veldman also sits on the Tourism Coun- cil. He described the city’s role in establish- ing McGowan's position as that of provid- ing seed money. He wants local businesses to play a much greater role in building Terrace’s under- developed tourism industry. And that means businesses need to buy-in to this plan. What that means is businesses who take part in promotion projects could eventually end up paying a 5-10 per cent mark-up, which would be a type of sales commis- sion. But Veldman says nothing has been de- cided yet, and plans on how businesses should pay could change over the next three years. The business community rejected earlier efforts to impose a hotel/Anotel room tax of two per cent to help pay for tourism promo- tion. Plan to tighten zoning rules loosens up after objections THE CITY’s plan to tighten up the rules on what it allows in light industrial zones has changed somewhat. The initial change would have banned new retail shops, offices, restaurants and a number of other uses from setting up shop on light industrial zoned land. The city’s goal was to channel those uses back into commercial zoned land — where it was felt they belonged — in an effort to keep the downtown core vibrant and con- serve the city’s scarce light industrial land. But a number of light industrial property owners voiced objections, saying they’d bought land on the basis commercial enter- prises could be located there. That’s led city planner David Trawin to make a series of revisions to the propased bylaw to address those concems. Changes include: . Bf Adding new uses allowing engincering and surveying consulting firms and utilities in light industrial land. Another new use called ‘‘associated office’? would allow a business to have an office if it has other op- erations that are permilted in the light in- dustrial zone. Bi An entire building would have to be unoccupicd for six months — not just one suite — before it loses its “‘grandfathered”’ status. That status protects existing businesses that don’t fit the new rules. Once a building is vacant six months, it can’t be reoccupied with a non-conforming use, Property owners who bought their land for commercial ses that aren’t allowed in the new bylaw now face a requirement to rezone their land first at a cost of at least $600. 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