26 - Wednesday, December 3, 1926 - North Shore News

MAINTAINING ITS ‘quaint
village atmosphere’’ will be
foremost in the minds of architects
when West Vancouver's Dun-
darave shopping area soon
undergoes its revitalization pro-
gram.

Dundarave Business Association
president Gordon Clark said the
program could begin as early as
next February, once final approval
on funding is received from Vic-
toria.

The municipality has already
given the local business merchants
the green light to spend about
$550,000 in the program. Repairs
will be done in the area of parking,
sidewalks, landscaping and new
lighting for instance.

‘Parking has been a problem,
but that’s one of the things our
revitalization will address,’’ said
Clark.

“Access from customer parking
areas to our shops will definitely
be more accessible and better in-
dicated.’”

Clark noted Stong’s Market Ltd.

has already opened a new parking .

lot, which has taken some of the
pressure off Marine Drive parking.
“Stong’s has an ample parking

area, so parking is more accessible
now than it’s ever been,"* he said.

Clark said one of the advantages
to shopping in Dundarave is that
merchants offer quality merchan-
dise at affordable prices. He said
the shopping area, which is about
one block long, has all the services
and products that consumers could
want.

“Dundarave is a really good ex-
ample of a neighborhood shopping
centre,"’ he said, noting that its
main market is from 21s Street to
the Caulfeild area.

He added traffic has also in-
creased from North Vancouver
shoppers.

“It’s not necessary for people to
drive to Vancouver when good
deals are here. I’ve seen quite a
few sale signs go up for Christmas
shopping,’’ he said.

Clark said besides having the
well-established businesses, Dun-
darave has also been fortunate to
attract new businesses. He said the
most recent new store to open is
Standard Fare, a kitchen and gift
ware business.

He said most of the 50
businesses in the area are owner-
operated.

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