Monday, September 19, 2011

Downtown Gets Goods

Efforts to meet the needs of existing businesses are paying off, according to Vernon's mayor.  Wayne Lippert says that's been a focus of a committee led by the city's economic development manager Kevin Poole.  He says "We sat down with Kevin, we took the tack of looking at business that are here and looking to see what challenges they were having so we could make sure we were keeping them here and help them  expand here." Lippert says they're also trying to prevent big holes in the downtown core. He is pleased to hear Shoppers Drug Mart has plan to  expand when City Furniture makes its move to Anderson Way in the next few weeks.

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