Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-09-22
issued: 1977-10-26
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note: ^^^■^■■^W" ■-"•"V"' 1 local farmer calls for new meeting on industry Itovlnci«l library Smt. 7? Victoria BC NORTH ALDERGROVE - Andy Morrison does not want to move. He owns fifteen acres in the middle of a proposed industrial centre in Aldergrove, and he finds the thought of being pushed off his l^nd by industry rather disturbing. Five years ago the local farmer moved away from the city to start a new life out here in the country. He looked around and found his fifteen acre parcel on 272nd off 56th Avenue. Since then he has worked hard building his new house and developing the acreage into a paying farm. Although Morrison still drives to and from work in Vancouver every day. he has plans to build the farm up and eventually turn his land completely to raising cattle and broiling birds. "That's what I came out here for, to get away from the city," he said Monday in an interview with The Star. Morrison feels that if the proposed 800-acre industrial centre is approved it will threaten his life-style. He is afraid that rush hour at the end of the day will turn north Aldergrove into one big traffic jam. "1 sent a letter to the regional district voicing my objections," Morrison said, adding that the letter was never read in an open meeting but was tabled for presentation at a closed gathering of board members. He said he knows of other people in his area who own farms and do not want to be located in a major industrial park. He also points out that people in the area who have placed a price on their land are wanting as much as six times what the industrial developers offer. "I just wonder if anyone's stopped to think about the impact," Morrison queried. "All that industry that moves in here is going to bring all the personnel with it." The local farmer said he doubts very much if the thousands of jobs that the centre is supposed to provide will be of any benefit to Aldergrove. "To me everything that is read in the paper and heard on the radio is what Mrs. Loretto said." Mor…
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: 10.14288/1.0420926
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