Re: Home renovations fuelling SookeB次元官网网址檚 building permit revenue boom (B次元官网网址, Dec. 23)

Renovation and re-development seem to be booming, and thatB次元官网网址檚 a good thing.

Transition Sooke said renovations on existing housing are a way forward. So renovation development permits are OK. We want to slow or pause the new single-house tract developments until the new official community plan (OCP) and bylaws and permits can catch up to a B次元官网网址済reenerB次元官网网址� building design and planning.

We have to keep the building sector employed during the transition. We are not advocating that Sooke B次元官网网址渟witch offB次元官网网址� all permits, as the mayor and council think. Far from it.

As this article shows, there will be no lack of money coming in through renovations permits, and indeed, more than Sooke staff expected.

Council ought to realize that all of this renovation work can bring in money, jobs, and business opportunity and can be done with no additional expense for district infrastructures.

A new seniors centre has been treading water for years with little or no help from the District of Sooke and saying that B次元官网网址渂usinesses will never be able to operate hereB次元官网网址� is not true as it seems that re-development and social capital developments are picking up the slack in the district just fine.

Chris Moss

Otter Point

editor@sookenewsmirror.com
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