Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-05
issued: 1984-09-26
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note: .■.- t£ft#tfm ■■■^;.1.:T-*.*.;*4*: *-*-.**&*!■.„ .- ,\>., - i ■■■—ma,! \t L*, ,,, 11 u 4( va, n mu V8V 1X4 ' *C; June 85 d for analysis MUBEAYVME - Since provincial assessor Wayne Sommerfeldt predicted one week ago that there will be drastic changes to next year's tax structure, councilors here have been worried. Tliey now want Sommerfeldt to provide an immediate and complete analysis of the changes he has forecast for Langley district as a whole and the Aldergrove area in particular. "Many people (in Aldergrove) are in severe economic difficulties," Aid. Len Fowler said Monday night while calling for the quick study. He noted in particular that a majority of the properties listed for. tax sale on October 1 (see advertisement inside this paper) are in the Aldergrove area. Fowler said he would like to see how the district compared to other municipalities and where Aldergrove's property assessed values ranked in comparison to other Fraser Valley communities of similar size. He suggested that values in Aldergrove and in Clear-'; brook some 10 kilometers dis^f tant should be about the same, y "So you really think people: in Aldergrove would like to b*?- compared to. Clearbrook and y vice versa?" asked his col-* :! league, John Beales. Fowler said he was of the; opinion that they wouldn't mind. "He (Sommerfeldt) has ■*. indicated that - residential *,* values will be going up," | Fowler said, adding that' not- only the business com- -J munity but also many private ;* home owners had serious eco nomic problems - as indicated by the tax sale list. , Sommerfeldt mentioned last week that the general trend would show next year's assessments of commercial- industrial properties in Aldergrove would be down, while at the same time residential values would be up by as much as 30 percent. Assessments are based on current real estate market values and the foundation for taxes to be paid in 1985. He said that while the .sale of downtown properties has been almost totally stagnant, t…
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: 10.14288/1.0421106
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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