Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-21
issued: 1975-04-02
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note: THE ICOHOCLAtgT tjJAtJWf VOL.18 NQ. 13 :■-.—? THE STAR, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 2.1975 Vf PHONE 856-8303 10 CENTS W sss_—____-_> _ I o Z->/yg uii die nee seems satisfied tf attractive town ii , fay Rudy Langmam ALDERGROVE - About 800 local residents came out to take part in the second pubUc information meeting on planning and zoning test Wednes- day right In the Elks haU. The first meeting, last fall, wm attended by about 100. . Audience wm welcomed fay Mayor-George Prestonwho srid he was happy to be here because "we are going to have fun tonight." He thanked the AMergrove Star editor for "signing my visa" so he could enter tids community from "AMergrove West" meaning the western part of the district. Preston did have a Mt of tan later ta the evening when a disgruntled resident of 29 Avenue earned Ms blood pressure to rise a couple of inches, but fay and by tiie audience seemed satisfied with the presentation made and maps shown fay municipal planning officer Km Major, foUowing Preston's prologue. Preston said there were some 10,000 souls in Aldergrove's future, "in 1980 or 1985", but that it wouldn't make any difference when. RED TAPE Sundays Motor-Cross rase at the Jackman Road pit drew competitors from m far away as CaUfornia. ^ Th<3 weather wmgood,althiMe^ ■^.■my&tt^tVVtrii '-; i "i"* jjf/'rif-ii'i r-'-,'£ windy, and a large audience watched the races. For more pictures and results see page 8 add* v. t-Fli TO BE OVERCOME "With your co-operation we can make AMergrove a very attractive town," Major told the audience, showing an aerial photo of the town taken in June 1974 and a zoning map winch he said wm "basically similar" to one presented last November 13. But Major added that there wouM be "a great deal of government red tme" toovercome before a plan, any plan, could become reality, and thedlstrict could proceed with the final AMergrove plan for a pubUc hearing. Talking of urban residential AMergrove, Major said a numb-, er of lots would be laid out as 6000 - 7000 squ…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420352
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publications
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text