By JENNIFER LANG

the transfer of ownership of
a Terrace pioneer’s origi-
nal home will be complete
by this week.

- The city recently
agreed to purchase the his-
| toric George Little House
| from the Ksan House Soc-
 iety and relocate it down-
town as the centrepiece of
an ambitious tourism plan
spearheaded by the Ter-
race Economic Develop-
ment Authority.

The city has set Oct. 31
as the deadline for the
closing date for the trans-
fer.

Once that’s complete,
the city’s director of deve-
lopment services David
Trawin hopes to begin
planning for the house’s
eventual transfer to a new
location.

The house, currently Jo-
cated--on- Hall -St:.on the
city’s south side, is the
former emergency men’s
shelter, More recently, it
was the base of operations
for the Action Coalition of
Terrace.

Ksan House Society of-
fered to sell the handsome,
87-year-old heritage home
to the city because it no
longer needs the building.

The city is reviewing
three possible locations for
the George Little house.

Relocating the house
and turning it into a rail-
way station is the first
component of a long-term
plan to create 2 downtown
tourist destination.

City councillors got be-
hind the plan in August,
Saying they’re eager to
take advantage of next
summer’s rail excursions
that will bring cruise ship
passengers to Terrace for
the day.

Some councillors sug-
gested expanding the early
20th century heritage
theme as part of a con-
scious effort to create an
image for Terrace.

One location under ser-
ious consideration Little
house is the foot of Kalum
St.

Options two and three
aré the foot of Emerson
Ave. on property presently
owned by CN, and further

east on Railway Ave. near

the Skeena Hotel.

The second option
would involve negotiating
with CN, which could take
a long time and the city
wants to have the house
relocated in time for sum-
mer’s rail excursions, Tra-
win said.

The third option may be
too far away from down-
town in an area that
doesn’t offer much in the
way of future development
possibilities,

“That's why, in my opi-
nion, the front runner is the
end of Kalum Street,” Tra-
win said, adding the street
would be shortened, so the
building could be placed
on existing city property.

“We feel it’s easier to
put it there,” Trawin said.
“We won't have to pul it
on private property.”

The site is adjacent to
the old Co-op building,
owned by Don Hull and
Sons Contracting.

AN AMBITIOUS plan to convert the George Little
house on Hall St, now owned by the Ksan House
Society, is to be a step closer to fruition once the
city officially takes title. The plan, as developed by

Tourism future starts here

The city wouldn’t

CITY OFFICIALS expect - change the existing uses of

the neighbouring proper-
ties, which are zoned
commercial, but could try
to place restrictions on de-
velopment to help foster a
theme that’s in keeping

the Terrace Economic Development Authorily along

with other partners, is to make the house a show-
case anda centrepiece for tourism-related busines-
ses and other services in the downtown area.

with the George Little
house.

Changing the Official
Community Plan designa-
tion for the area and chan-
ping development permit

, guidelines would require a
/public hearing, Trawin

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A public hearing
wouldn’t take place until
the new year, well after
municipal elections, with
the house relocated in the
spring time, at the earliest.

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