A downtown Vernon building is coming down to make room for publicly owned green space. Crews began demolishing the former medical building on 31st Avenue, next to the Greyhound bus depot, Thursday. Mayor Wayne Lippert watched the excavators knock down some walls. "I expect it will be down, and people will see it gone very shortly, within the next day or two." He says asbestos and other hazardous materials were removed some time ago, and much of the building will be recycled. "There will be a very minimal amount that goes into the landfill." The city bought the site a few years ago to turn it into park space, possibly connecting the civic complex with Cenotaph Park.
Photo: The former Vernon Medical Clinic building on 31st Ave is being demolished to make way for city owned green space (P.McIntyre)
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The City should never have wasted our money to buy this. They never admitted why they bought it-at least admitted the real reason-and senior administration are also to blame for this-not just Lippert and council.
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