Proximity,
atmosphere
reasons why
businesses
locate on

N. Shore

A MASORITY / businesses
responding to a recent survey ask-
ing why they located on the North
Shore said the ‘‘relaxed, pleasant
atmosphere”’ made it their number
one choice, according to a consul-
tant hired by the North Shore
Economic Development Commis-
sion.

By CORINNE BJORGE
Contributing Writer

Ramona Materi also said most
of the businesses she interviewed
dealt with computer software, and
a majority of the businesses were
started on the North Shore so the
residents could work close to their
own homes, she reported during
her Monday night presentation to
North Vancouver City Council.

Materi said one of her biggest
surprises while conducting the
survey was finding the quality of
businesses operating out of the
North Shore.

“A lot of them export to
world-wide markets,’ she said.

But she said the businesses also
reported that land and rental space
on the North Shore was difficult to
find, and too expensive.

Several said transportation and
bridge problems were their biggest
headaches.

Materi said that one business
owner complained ‘‘it’s just one
day-long traffic jam.”’

The problems on the North
Shore may be severe enough for
some of the businesses to relocate,
according to Materi, and of the 40
firms she intervieved, 28 of them
said they were thinking of
relocating in the next five years,
and twenty-one of these firms were
thinking of relocating off the
North Shore.

But Economic Development of-
ficer Bonnie Pyplacz said since the
purpose of the survey was to help
the Commission determine how to
proceed with an economic strategy,
the information from the survey
may help find ways to convince
these firms to stay on the North
Shore.

Pyplacz said a perceived lack of
land and rental space might be ad-
dressed by marketing strategies
which match up land-owners with
businesses that want to expand.

Lonsdale ratepayers
elect new directors

THE NORTH Lonsdale
Ratepayers Association recently
elected a new board of directors.

Umeeda Switlo was elected
president of the association, while
Bev Leaden, Sue Armstrong and
Hal Krieger were elected as vice-
presidents.

The association represents prop-

‘erty owners in the North Van-
couver District area that lies north =}

of 29th and Queens streets and be-
tween Delbrook Avenue on the
west and Duchess Avenue on the
east.

Its purpose is to monitor all in- j

terests and actions of the
municipal government that might
concern or affect the North Lons-
dale Community Area and its resi-

ts.

In addition to the new executive
board, the association appointed a
heritage committee which is
chaired by president Paul Hovan.

Individuals interested in the
associetion can receive more in-

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