http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0420410
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1976-05-19
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note: tlotorla K> Vol. 19 No. 20 Wednesday, May 19, 1976 The Aldergrove Star M» <ik Xampky. awl JHahavi zDatrUcA imce 1957. Phone 856-8303 or 856-5212 15c per copy Socred money 'criminal', says mayor Rapid development seen ALDERGROVE - This town is going to develop very rapidly, Mayor George Driediger told a dinner meeting of the local chamber of commerce last Wednesday night. "Andwcwatitit to look good." said Stan VanMeer, deputy municipal planner and one of the three invited guest speakers. "That's the main thing." VanMeer said his department would not want people coming back at the municipality in the future asking "what's that garbage you have allowed in here?" Money collected from developers through impost fees will be returned to the local community. VanMeer assured the audience. "It won't be spent in other areas." VanMeer said "11 or 12" land use contracts were presently being worked out between the municipality and developers. Through the use of such con* tracts, he said, the authorities had much better control over the type of development going in. "There will be no more 'cracker- boxes' that will cause people to thumb their nose at us," he said. But he also promised that his " Jtp.ttmcnl would 'play ball' wllh land developers in allowing them "full density on (till acreage" even if they were made to set some of their land aside for green space or recreational areas. He talked about a future Aldergrove with "a meandering walkway along Fraser Highway" west of town, the development of 32 Avenue as an alternate route to that of Fraser Highway, through the downtown area and foot paths along both sides of the Bcrtrand Creek as it winds its way through the community. Driediger said the municipality is "trying to get away from the hodge-podge and crcat an efficient and beautiful community." Driediger also said there would be "morc than adequate park sites" in Aldcrgrove's future. Third speaker was municipal engineer Wayne Randell. He said the district had embarked upon …

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Aldergrove Star
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0420410
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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