More townhouses in Glenmore
The 52 townhouses of Glenpark Row are the sequel to the wildly successful Drysdale Row. The 69 units in Drysdale sold out in three weeks, proving stylish townhomes in Kelowna’s Glenmore Valley walking distance to shopping, restaurants, schools, daycares and parks are highly sought after.
Glenpark, which will be built between Valley road and Glenpark Drive, will feature three-bedroom units incorporating the most popular floor plans and finishings of Drysdale.
The townhouses all cover three levels of living space and include stainless-steel appliances and double-car garages.
The development is close to Brandt’s Creek Crossing, the shopping centre with Save-On Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart and Starbucks, and GlenPark Village, home to IGA and Tim Hortons.
Drysdale, which had units starting in the $400,000s, is under construction now with expected completion by the end of the year.
Pricing and construction timeline hasn’t been released for Glenpark.
Those interested in those details have to register at GlenparkRow.com to get updates.
Pioneer Market closes
Pioneer Country Market may have closed, but its neighbour, Sperling Vineyards, remains open.
After 35 years of running the market at 1405 Pioneer Rd., just off Benvoulin Road, Velma and Bert Sperling decided to call it quits and closed down the market at the end of March.
Its name reflected the Sperlings are a pioneer family that have been working the land in the area for four generations.
The market sold home baking, produce and candy and had a collection of antiques.
The Sperling family, including daughters Ann and Susan and their husbands, own Sperling Vineyards, which shares the building with market.
The winery is thriving and its on-site tasting room and shop is open daily.
Farmers market
The Kelowna Farmers and Crafters Market returns outdoors for the season starting today.
The market will now operate Saturdays and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until Nov. 3 in the parking lot across from Orchard Park mall at Springfield Road and Dilworth Drive.
The market starts with fewer vendors and concentrates on root and early-spring vegetables, bedding plants and flowers, food and crafts this time of year.
The number of vendors grows through the summer and fall with the Okanagan’s fruit and vegetable harvests.
The market continued through the winter with select Saturday dates indoors at the Parkinson Recreation Centre.
Rona model
The Rona home-improvement store in Vernon has been transformed into a building-centre model store with a $2.5 million revamp.
The renovation created an open floor plan with shorter merchandise racks so shoppers have a 360-degree view to find everything easier in a store that is much less compartmentalized.
Seasonal products are stocked up front near the entrance and will be changed regularly to constantly renew the This is what Glenpark Row, the 52-townhouse development in Kelowna’s Glenmore Valley, could look like when completed. shopping experience.
Household appliances are displayed beside the kitchen project section.
Also beside the kitchen section is home improvement design and installation services.
Contractors get their own parking, entrance, service desk, charge accounts, extended hours, construction-site deliveries and 15,000-square-foot drive-through lumberyard.
Rona, which has 430 stores in Canada, is now owned by the giant American Lowe’s home-improvement store chain.
Once Upon A Time
Ann Davis and Bob Henderson, the owners and operators of the Play It Again Sports franchise in Kelowna since 2013, are expanding their local consignment store empire.
The couple also recently opened Once Upon a Child, just a few doors down from Play It Again Sports on Baron Road.
Once Upon a Child buys and sells quality, gently-used children’s clothes, shoes, books, baby equipment and furniture.
Just as it works with sporting goods, Once Upon a Child is a recycling concept that provides families a convenient way to make money from selling clothes and toys kids have outgrown and allows families to affordably purchase the clothes and toys their kids need as they go through different stages of life.
No appointment is needed to sell items to the store.
Simply drop by with the items during business hours and Once Upon a Child will pay cash on the spot for merchandise it wants.
The store also makes sure all products meet current safety standards.
Both Once Upon a Child and Play It Again Sports are part of the Winmark Franchises network, which also has Plato’s Closet, Style Encore and Music Go Round.
There are more than 360 Once Upon a Child franchises in Canada and the U.S.
McDonald’s hiring
McDonald’s fast-food restaurants will hire 50 in Kelowna on Tuesday as part of its National Hiring Day that will see 9,000 people offered jobs coast-to-coast.
Those interested can drop by the McDonald’s at 2120 Harvey Ave. with their resume and be ready for an on-the-spot interview.
Seventy per cent of McDonald’s 100,000 workers in Canada are age 15 to 24 because the jobs offer training and flexibility for school and sports.
Half of McDonald’s franchise owners started as entry-level crew.
Steve MacNaull is The Okanagan Weekend’s business and wine reporter and columnist. Reach him at steve.macnaull@ok.bc.ca.