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to a booming downtown, says expert

THE IDEA of combining the farmers’ market with a downtown revitalization can be great for both downtown business and the market, says 8 University of North- em B.C. expert on farmers’ markets,

“It makes all kinds of sense,’” says Dr. John Curry, a UNBC associate professor of environmental Studies and former profes-: sional planner.

Curry was invited here to observe the local market and listen in on the debate be- tween market reps and city officials over possible relocation of the market.

Market organizers don’t want to move, but city offi- cials see it as a chance to create more civic space closer to downtown and get the market off valuable land on Davis Ave,

Curry said towns that combine a town square or other civic space close to downtown with a market have experienced big bene- fits,

And he said the city’s planning department is right in thinking better links can be created between downtown business and the market.

“There’s an extremely strong link between a farm- ers’ market located in a downtown area and in- creased reiail activity in businesses in the market dis- trict,"* Curry said. “It’s something extremely posi- tive that can help your downtown business com- munity.”

Hundreds or even thou- sands of people are drawn into the downtown core to attend the market, he said, and a portion of those are guaranteed to also wander through nearby shops,

It can also serve as a tegional draw bringing out- of-town shoppers into the downtown. ;

The market is also an im- portant training ground for new entrepreneurs, he noted, providing them with a low-risk venue to test their business ideas.

That’s particularly valu- able to a community like Terrace that has staked its success in recent years on its growth as a commercial centre for the northwest.

Curry recounted seeing an

eight-year-old boy at a-

Prince George market help- ing his = family __ sell homemade cheese.

‘He was leaming how to

sell, how to be a business .

person,” Curry said. *‘In

KFC strike

is averted

THE POSSIBILITY of the Terrace Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet going on stike with other unionized locations in B.C, has been averted,

The company last week said it was accepling a mediator’s recommenda- tions for a three-year con- tract.

That was followed up by the Canadian Autoworkers union executive also recom- mending acceptance,

Votes among the nearly 700 people employed at the 47 unionized KFC locations should be finished Sept. 21.

The mediator’s proposed contract is close to the three-year deal carrying a 6.8 per cent wage increase that was rejected by the union earlier this summer,

KFC’s workers covered under agreements eam an average $9.44 an hour.

Instead of a lump sum payment in Year One and wage increases in the sec- ond and = third years, mediator Jim Breckenridge recommended wage = in- creases in all three years.

many cases the youth of today don’t experience that.’’

Curry said city officials have to be careful to ensure the ,success of the market

‘doesn’t take a backseat to

revitalization plans, or the effort can backfire and the market success can suffer.

‘From our research, the first consideration has got to be the success of the market and the second considera- tion the revitalization of the downtown,”’ he said.

Curry described Terrace’s farmers’ taarket as “extremely successful?’ — more so than any similar sized community he’s seen.

*‘Any form you take in supporting that will be a really positive contribution to the culture and sense of community.’”

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