Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1979-11-07
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note: mmammmmaaammm ^ll4_?^' Jas 8(»-v oiRnr imciis surface in abbotsford fe.. By IAN CAMERON CLEARBROOK ■ Tactics of backroom politics have been employed by a Fraser Valley community in an attempt to stop development In a neighboring district. A development plan presented to the public at a hearing here this week disclosed that Matsqui wants to expand industry within its borders. ' At the same time Internal correspondence between the Abbotsford-Clearbrook chamber of commerce and a local politician makes it plain that the business community here wants to stifle all competition in neighboring Aldergrove and Langley. i A folder published by Matsqui .municipality and sent to residents In the district announcing an 'official community plan' states in part "Expansion of the secondary, manufacturing sector is seen as an Important addition to stimulate local employment. This along with air-oriented industries in the vicinity of the (Abbotsford) airport are stressed in the plan In order to provide jobs, revenue and development of a compact industrial park . area,.." ,.'■':: ' Under the heading of 'agriculture' it further explains that "...it is recognized that some poor class soils are presently in the (agricultural land) reserve and specific studies should determine the-eventual land use." However, according to corres- poncence which has come Into the hands of the Aldergrove Star, MSA has a glut of available industrial land and wants to protect It'fro. competlHo.i by ' flagrant influence peddling. . '.' A letter ftqm.the chamber to MLA BUI Ritchie (Socred - Central Fraser Valley) states this position bluntly; it does not Want to see competition from a 626- acre industrial park In North Aldergrove, "What we do not need is a major industrial park ... almost in our own backyard," writes chamber manager Lloyd Kinn- gar'd '_. '..X "Such an action Would, adversely effect industrial growth arid expansion in Abbotsford- Clearbrook and wquld'ibe a detriment to our trading area." Ritchie,…
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: 10.14288/1.0420730
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
type: Text