28 SBR AE eB ie it ane RU a See aye oe yeti ta ta a at i of TERRACE STANDARD Business Review Out & About New Timmy’s FOUR DONUT shops will be duking it out for your snack dollar by year’s end, Tim Hortons has just cut a deal to build a giant new third outlet — this time a 24-hour drive-through — on fogcs the southwest comer of Keith Aye, and Kalum St, The new site is in addition to the ex- isting two Tim Hortons outlets on Lakelse Ave. and in the Skeena Mall, Local franchise owner Brian Ar- chibald said the new store will go up on the vacant lot between West Point Rentals and the highway. He said his plan is for 50-plus seats and 40-plus parking stalls at the new outlet, “ Archibald says Tim. Hortons has come up with a new design for its . nextround of new outlets. 1 Credit union on track NORTHERN SAVINGS Credit Union officials hope to have their new oullet at Lazelle and Sparks apen by fate March or early April despite weather delays. A temporary office is building clientele that will ba transferred once the full-service outlet opens. ‘We think we're going to have a pretty sig- nificant lending base to start from and then it's going to be up to us to includes | Safety oo. . Inspection - (Nad Service centre Lid ~ Located. @ Terrace Sheil) 3405 K Kalum - Terrace Ae 5330.95 Includes up | lo St oll & filter *for most Vehicles 635-2749 There are enough risks in this world. Choosing the “This is going to be the first store of its kind in Canada,’’ he said. Construction should begin as soon as the ground can be worked, Ar- chibald said. Meanwhile, Robin’s Foods Inc. has still been unable to sell the franchise for its Rebin’s Donuts outlet beside the new SAAN store on Greig Ave. Archibald said Tim Hortons was also offered that outlet before fran- chising efforts began, but said he wanted a location on the highway. North ignored B.C. FERRIES’ 10-year plan will take more torpedos from northerners on March 1. The North by Northwest Tourism Association meets with B.C. Ferry Corp. officials in Smithers that day and will be expressing their dis- pleasure that a second ferry isn’t planned for the Inside Passage route. More sailings would pour tourism money into the north coast says the association’s Steve Smith, You've got a ferry that’s been Full ‘for 10 years on a highly visible route. The Alaskan market is showing in- creases of 20 per cent per year. They're putting on three new cruise ships this year. And we're sitting here offering the same cvery second day service that we did ten years ago.’’ match those with a gocd deposit base as well,” said president Mike Tarr, Room tax mulled for Terrace area A TWO PERCENT tax on hotel and motel rooms here is being considered by the city. City economic development officer Ken Veldman says the idea is still being investigated and no concrete proposal has been pul forward. But the hotel room tax has been sug- gested as a way of helping pay for the tourism promotion work that the city has decided to hand over to the Cham- ber of Commerce. The chamber and city are in negotia- tions over how much the city should pay the chamber to handle tourism promotion. If the city does go for the room tax, it will probably have 1o seek the Kilimal-Stikine regional district’s cooperation in imposing, fhe same..tax.. in Thomhil] aad at Lakelse Lake. Going ahead with the tax in Terrace only would likely draw criticism from hotel owners in town that outlets like the Northern Motor Inn and Mt, Layton Hot Springs were being given an unfair advantage. Were Moving Monday, January 29 SraNparp Our New Building is (almost) complete and we're ready to move in. Please bear with us. We'll be CLOSED on Monday morning (Jan. 29). But we’re open again as usual at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, January 9 at 3210 Clinton St. Regional district economic develop- ment officer Andrew Webber said ini- tial indications are regional district directors don’t want to get involved in imposing the tax. ‘People view it as another tax and they’re reluctant to impose taxes,”’ he said. The district also went through an abortive attempt to impose the tax in Hazelton to pay for chamber of com- merce operations. The chamber there wasn’t a stable entity, but Webber said directors also found it hard to justify collecting money from just one sector of the business community. “There was great reluctance to im- pose it,’’ he said. ‘‘The thinking was ‘Why should hotel/motel operators carry. the burden for this?’ ”? The province crealéd the room tax specifically for Whistler, which has no industrial tax base. Municipalities have the option of collecting it for tourism purposes. 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