After hearing three hours of public input from 30 presenters and reaction from an over-flow crowd of 150 residents of Salmon Arm on August 27th, the city councillors and Mayor unanimously defeated a motion to amend the city’s Official Community Plan to include guidelines for developing a ten acre former high school site in the downtown core that would have allowed a ‘big box’ retail outlet, fast food outlets and gas bars with little green space or residential housing. Concern for lack of input of Smart Growth ideas, affordable housing and long range planning were voiced.
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