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PEACHLAND PROUD! YOUR LOCAL REALTOR
Chad Rogers REALTOR®
The week of November 7, 2025
REMEMBRANCE DAY Services at the Peachland Cenotaph P.3
HOME RUN HUMOR Randey Brophy and a teachable moment P.8
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ABOUT TOWN Find out what’s going on and where it’s happening P.11
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Survey findings presented at council workshop
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Downtown Revitalization Implementation Strategy (DRIS)
By Keith Fielding
he so-called “minor” Official Community Plan (OCP) review currently underway has two purposes: first, to update the OCP and set the overall direction for how Peachland grows in future; and secondly, to develop a vision and action plan for downtown revitalization. Last Tuesday in the first of two planned workshops consultants Urban Systems provided council with a status update on both segments of the review including information about the key themes that have emerged through analysis and from public engagement. Given its critical importance to the future look and feel of Peachland we have chosen to focus here on the downtown revitalization (DRIS) component
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Residents to be further consulted on the future look of downtown Peachland.
of the Urban Systems report and to share their findings as derived from public consultation. The public consultation process which is built on work undertaken by the DRIS task force (a stakeholder group established by council to advise on revitalization) included information on display boards at the Mayor’s BBQ, as well as displays at pop-up events. Central to the consultation was a survey made available to respon-
dents physically and online. The survey included a DRISbased Vision statement for downtown Peachland (box 1). Survey respondents were asked whether they believed that five key focus areas (box 2) would effectively support achievement of the vision. 231 survey responses were received. These generated information for the following report from Urban Systems that was presented to council at its workshop meeting.
“Nearly half (47%) of respondents think that the focus areas generally align with their vision with some adjustments. Thirty-eight percent (38%) believe they align well, 11% disagree with the focus areas and 4% are unsure. Participants were asked to explain their responses. A summary of the key themes received is presented on page 7. SEE DRIS PAGE 7
As the sun rises and sets, we will remember. WE WILL BE CLOSED TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11th
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