Tag Archives: Business & Economy
UPDATE: Preliminary approval granted for mixed-use building at former Legion site
Vernon City Council has supported in principle the applications for a large, mixed-use building in the downtown core.Located at 3300 31st Avenue, the former site of the Legion building, the proposed s...
Nov 07, 2023
Vernon council to write letters of support for OBWB despite tourism concerns
A call for immediate action be taken to protect the Okanagan and all of B.C. of an invasive mussel outbreak has been supported by Vernon city council.Councillor Brian Guy put forward the motion at the...
Nov 07, 2023
Changes proposed for sales of city parking passes
The City of Vernon is considering changing how it sells parking passes in order to improve customer service.Historically, monthly parking passes for the upcoming year have been made available for purc...
Nov 06, 2023
Vernon realtor introduces transparent bidding
Real estate buyers are often rankled by the back and forth blind bidding on properties, not knowing what the competition is up to.Vernon realtor Jake Russell has become the first agent in Canada to be...
Nov 01, 2023
MLA says supports to keep last Vernon walk-in clinic open still on the table
The MLA for Vernon-Monashee says the province is trying to keep Vernon's last walk-in-clinic open.The Sterling Centre clinic on 25th Avenue announced it would be closing its doors on November 15 due t...
Oct 23, 2023
Investigation into downtown fire ongoing
Police in Vernon say the investigation into the fire that destroyed a downtown building and several businesses is ongoing, but that's about all they are saying.The fire levelled the Okanagan Eatery bu...
Oct 19, 2023
Show homes open for Middleton Mountain development
Show homes for the "Morningview on Middleton" development on the east slope of Middleton Mountain in Coldstream will officially be opened to the public this weekend."We are delighted to open the doors...
Oct 18, 2023
Local housing starts plummet
There was a significant decrease in local housing starts in September.The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) reported there were just three housing projects started in Greater Vernon dur...
Oct 18, 2023
16th private liquor store in Greater Vernon opens
There is a new player in the booze business near the Vernon Coldstream boundary. Local businessman Tom Houston and a partner are behind the 2300 square foot Go Liquor Studio in unit 13 of the Alpine C...
Oct 16, 2023
Work starting soon on downtown fire site
The owners of buildings that were destroyed in a massive fire on July 4th in downtown Vernon are moving ahead with remediating the site."We met on Tuesday with a company that will be doing an environm...
Oct 13, 2023
