Family pleased with
new reservation home

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THE THOMAS fa...cy poses proudly before its new home being corn-
structed on reserve land. Pictured from left to right are four-year-old!
Curtis, three-emonth-old John Thomas, mom Lynn, and seven-year-old

Eddie.

LOCAL TASK FORCE
Committee aims

to create jobs

CREATING STRATEGIES to improve the job market on
the North Shore is the mandate of four task forces being set
up by the North Shore Economic Development Advisory

Committee.

The task forces will deal in the
areas of tourism, marine-related
enterprises, industry in genera! and
commercial enterprises.

The task forces should be set up
within the next three weeks, and
will make their first report to the
advisory committee in December.

The committee, formed last Ju-
ly, is made up of representatives of
Capilano College, the three
municipalities and the North Van-
couver Chamber of Commerce.

CAPILANO COLLEGE director
of planning Alan Smith...the
North Shore has both strong and
weak points,

Capilano College director of
planning Alan Smith said the four
task forces will aid the committee
in its work to stimulate economic
development on the North Shore.

He said the committee is cur-
rently looking for residents inter-

By KIM PEMBERTON
News Reporter

ested in serving on one of the four
task forces. :

He said to guide members in
their work, a North Shore
economic profile will be provided.

The profile was completed by
five summer students working on a
federal government Challenge °86
job creation program, with aid
from North Vancouver District
municipal staff.

Smith said some of the strengths
the North Shore has to offer in the
area of economic development in-
clude its proximity to transpora-
tion routes, its low reasonable tax
levels, its large pool of profes-
sional talent, and its ideal residen-
tial area.

He said weaknesses include a
lack of land for light industries,
potential problems with the trans-
portation of dangerous goods on
the North Shore, land-use conflicts
between residential and industrial
areas and an attitude that the
North Shore is primarily a
“bedroom eommunity.’*

Last Thursday was the third
meeting of the advisory committee.
Earlier they heard from economic
Strategy consultants, who gave a
workshop on ‘how to do economic
strategies.’ The outcome of that
meeting was planning to form the
task forces.

The committee will next
Dec. 11 at Capilano College.

meet

ED AND Lynn Thomas will
be starting off the New Year
owning their own home.

Ny KIM PEMBERTON

News Reporter

The couple will move in to one
of eight new single-family houses
presently under coustruction on
the Burrard ladian reserve.

“DT like living bere,’ said Lynn.

“Everyone's related, so there's a
closeness."

Lynn said she's especially pteas-
ed her boys, aged three months,
four years and seven years will
have more room in the new home.

The house they currently rent
has only two bedrooms, but in
their new home there are three
bedrooms and room to expand.

Chief Richard George, of the
Burrard Indian Band, said the ad-
dition of the new houses is a first
start to eliminating the band’s on-
reserve housing problem.

He said approximately 60 of the
band’s 180 members live off-
reserve, and the majority would
welcome the chance to return pro-
vided housing was available.

“Housing has been quite a pro-
blem with us. Before we were get-
ting funding for one house per
year from the federal gov-
ernment,’’ said George.

“The families (who are benefit.
ting from the new housing proicct)
are feeling very happy. Most iive in
the immediate area, and are just
toughing it out unti! cney get their
homes.”’

George said this was the first
year the hand applied under the
government's special social hous-

See Special

9 ~ Wednesday, October 29, 1986 - North Shore News

Doug Collins
on

assignment

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