Sunday, October 28, 2007

Lumby Silver Star Road Update

The Lumby & District Chamber of Commerce met with members of Lumby Village Council when they returned from the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) meeting at the end of September.Mayor Eric Foster along with councillor Deb Leroux and village administrator Frank Kosa attended the UBCM.The group reported back that discussions about putting the road from Lumby to Silver Star was very productive. The Chamber reported in their recent newsletter that the village delegation told them that the “Department of Lands and Forestry is on board with the objective and meetings with the Westside Okanagan Band are going well. The Village and the Band are researching a business model that would work with the Okanagan people”.The village delegation also met in length with Minister of Community Services Minister Ida Chong about governance issues in the Okanagan and a subject that impacts the local Chamber of Commerce operating budget, business licences.“There was a lot of concern that the province was going to take all our business license money and we weren’t going to see it, but that’s not going to happen… the money is going to come to us,” according to Foster who claims the new system will allow businesses to do their business in different communities.

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