As of about the 18 of July 2022 June and I have been working on updating this website. So far so good with no data being lost. Hopefully, within a week or two we will have everything working and looking nice. If you see any glaring problems do email or text us, thanks. Hopefully, you …
Instead of the usual NIMBY, We (Salt Spring) can help solve Salt Spring’s affordable housing crisis one person at a time by taking IMBY action. Salt Spring has studied the problem to death but there is little action on solving the basic problem of affordable homes for people who live on the island. The island …
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Is Salt Spring in the middle of a housing crisis? It all depends on who you talk to and what one defines as a crisis. If you move to Salt Spring and have limited funds and are looking to rent a home at about $2000 per month you are probably out of luck. There are …
The nuts and bolts of the local government are really the non-glamours basics of water, sewer and garbage (solid waste). The CRD is the local service provider for Salt Spring. On the night of 24 Nov 2016 Russ Smith Senior Manager, Environmental Resource Management for the CRD put on a waste presentation. Here is a …
Salt Spring Island Industrial Advisory Planning Commission draft final report is out. Here is a copy of the report. iapc-draft-report-july-15 All in it’s an excellent report that was put together by a stellar group of Salt Spring volunteers. The basic recommendations are to change the current industrial / commercial zoning into 5 zones; 1. General …
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During the summer of 2014 there has been some new information come out about the Grantville (also know as Walkers Hook or Fort street area) on Salt Spring. At the LTC (local trust council) meeting on 24 July 2014 the issue of building on 1/4 acre lots came up at the meeting. From what …
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