Low-cost housing

“NOT in my backyard” was the overwhelming response of Norgate residents to North Van- couver District council's plans for multi-family, low cost housing on West 16th Street.

Most of the people who spoke at Tuesday’s recon vened public hearing on the proposal said they favored housing for the handicapped and low income families ... but not in the Norgate neighborhood.

“No welcome mat. will be put out for the new residents uf the District allows this.” a Silverwood Crescent __resi-

By TERRY LAVENDER

dent warned.

The heanng was held to examine an application by the Distnct to rezone the 1300 block West loth Street from single family RS4 to garden apartment RG3. The hearing started May 16 at District Hall. and more than 100 Norgate residents

plan blasted

turned up.

There were about 200 peo- ple in the Norgate Com- munity School gymnasium for the second part of the hearing Tuesday.

Home-made signs on the walls bearing messages such as Enough its Enough, No More Encroachment, Keep Norgate Green, and Please!! No More Traffic, expressed the dominant feeling of the community on the south side of Martine Drive.

More than 40 people

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NEWS SURVEY SHOWS

‘Nowhere’ is favorite holiday destination

WHERE are you going for your summer holiday

this year?

If you're like more than half your North Shore neighbors, you're not going anywhere. You're spending your vacation in your own backyard.

SUNDAY: Sunny with cloudy penods, windy

MONDAY:

increasing sunshinc

That was the finding of a recent North Shore News poll on the summer holhday plans of North and West Vancouver residents almost four fifths of whom = had already thet minds

The News survey asked a geographically sample of 38) houscholds from Deep Cove to Horscshoc Hay “WH you be taking your summer vaca. (lon in B.C, other parts of Camada, the USA. overseas or at home?

Ninctcen per cent of the respondcats hadnt — yct decided and three per cent refused to answer

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Of the remaining 78 per cent of decided respondents, 57 per cent sand they were Staying home to recharge their battencs

Another 25 per cent said they would be holidaying tn BC

Summer vacations in the USA were planned by ecaght) per cent of — the respondents. in other parts of Canada by seven per cent. and overseas by three per cent

There were surprisingly marked differences. however. between North and

West Van residents with the formes having con sudcrably more itchy fect

than the latter Only 38 per cent of North Van respondcats sand they would be spending thet summer vacation at homc. compared to 73 per cent of CONTINUED ON PAGE A4

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HOUSE MOVING was a large-scale job for owners at 12th Street and Grand Boulevard im North Varmcouver last week, cven though they acver Icit the lot. The emtire house was moved from one side of the fot to the other in an intricate operation tn which Al Nickel ts shown directing George Dueck.