Poordecisionon Kampeproperty
Re: “Housing development finally gets approved for Kampe property,” (Herald, June 23).
City council is taking the side of the real estate agents and developers. This is an arid area.
When a water issue was raised, a politician said that we had the whole Okanagan Lake to use.
No, the lake only changes one foot of water every year — according to past statistics — and that is not much water when you look at the size of the lake.
My husband was transferred here in 1986 just before the price of houses doubled in three years. I also have very grey hair.
Penticton has more than 31% seniors and everything goes downhill because there are not enough young people to service the seniors.
The Kampe tower at the hospital is already full because people are being thrown out too early and at 6 a.m. and people are being told there are no beds available.
Six new floors and there is a shortage of beds?
Penticton does not need a new lot of condos to be built on water-saturated land and in a flood zone.
This new apartment/condo will have more people from out of town because almost no one working in Penticton can afford the astronomical rents.
People who have lived and worked here, all or most of their adult lives, cannot find a place to rent that they can afford. Who can afford to retire when the rents and house prices skyrocket? We have to keep working.
What Penticton needs is another hospice to take care of all the seniors that are the majority in Penticton or an area that is safe and fenced for Dementia patients.
What we need is a Ronald McDonald House for seniors who need to travel to Penticton for medical care. Or a Ronald McDonald house for sick children.
The property could be a gathering place for gardeners to sell seeds and plants.
This beautiful property could be used for the people of Penticton. A beautiful garden to wander in... why some rich person did not buy this beautiful estate I cannot understand.
The water mains can't stand the strain — two blowouts in the past week and a half.
Keep the beauty and use the property for something useful not profitable.
Jane Turnell
Penticton