Tenant given time to go

Kate Bouey - CASTANET Nov 28, 2015 / 6:00 am

A City of Vernon tenant on the east side of 29th Street has been given notice to quit the premises. The Open Door education centre serves adults taking grade 10 to 12 courses, using computer managed instruction combined with direct one on one instruction by teachers. The program is run by School District 22 which has leased the City-owned site, at 2901 29th Street, for years. “The City has notified the district that it is demolishing the building next summer,” reads a memo to Vernon's school board from Superintendent of Schools Joe Rogers. “Our secretary-treasurer is currently examining all options for relocating the program.” In 2012, Vernon paid more than $1.1 million for the New Delhi Indian restaurant property at 2905 29th Street. The restaurant remained open for a time although it is now shut. That building and several others are slated for demolition. Mayor Akbal Mund has said that once the space has been cleared, he expects more downtown parking to be put in place to make up for spaces that may be lost if a senior's complex is built on the site of the current Bennett parking lot. The city has longterm plans to use 29th Street as a corridor, connecting Highway 6 with 27th Street.