| | i | | | l Mailbox Save P & T Gardens now Dear Editor: So, the city fathers (and one mother) have voted out the Park and Tilford Village development, effectively putting an end to current hopes that the famous Park and Tilford garden may be preserved, Surely, this issue cannot stop like this. In talk of zon- ing and taxes, jobs and community plans, council members seemed to forget the initial reason for their discussions, The Park and = Tilford garden has been a major at- traction on the North Shore for over two decades, pulling in 300,000 people a year to an area not otherwise known Sunday shopping unnecessary Dear Editor: ‘Is it necessary to open on Sunday? I can’t see any advantage to business or the public. Before Sunday opening was introduced, people who were going to entertain or go .on a picnic over the weekend, planned in ad- vance what they were going to need and bought it Friday or Saturday. They never went. hungry .because the. food stores were closed. Being open’ 20 per cent more hours isn’t going to mean 20 per cent’ more business.” People only have so much money allocated for grocéries so it doesn’t ‘matter for its beauty - proving there is nothing wrong in having a garden in an industrial zone, The world-renowned But- chart Gardens (now one of Canada's top tourist attrac- tions) began their life as a quarry, remember! Many visitors - including myself - would go to the P & T season after season, to see the garden's changing colors and patterns, or simply because they loved the place. Must we see this oasis go? Can we really let the garden die? If North Vancouver City Council cannot settle this issue alone.- and perhaps it is unfair to ask them to do so - is it not possible for North Vancouver District Council to offer help? Or the G.V.R.D., with its fine promotion of parks and areas of special beauty? Or even the B.C. government, with its Expo expectations that everywhere should look its best for tourists in 1986? The public has had no chance to express any opi- nion on the preservation of the Park and Tilford garden. I suggest all interested in saving it should write to their MLA, and their council representative, demanding that urgent attention be given to this matter. If we dilly-dally much longer, the precious plants “CHRISTMAS PARTY?"| Goldilocks Banquet Centre seats 50-150 CALL DONNA 987-4515 draperies byS. Laursen what day they’ spend it.. They | . aren’t going ‘to: eat: 20 ‘per cent more because th tores are open: - . The extra business they may get will not justify the:’ cost, so someone has to pay for the extra employees, se- curity, light, heat and ali the other expenses involved in retailing. This all reverts - back to the consumer. 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