“We recognize and appreciate that it is difficult news often for area residents and businesses,” said City of Kelowna social development manager Colleen Cornock.
Some Kelowna businesses aren’t very happy about the plan to plunk 60 tiny homes across the street from them.
Keith Dyck, owner of Okanagan Street Food, told Castanet he wasn’t told about the plan until an outreach worker came by his restaurant hours before the announcement. “Are my customers not going to feel comfortable to come to my little restaurant to eat our food because of a homeless camp being directly across the street?”
Over at Ace Courier Services, employees are anxiously watching the development, worried about possible vandalism to vehicles parked right next to the site. He is also concerned for the safety of the tiny home residents because the vacant lot is at a very busy intersection with Ace trucks coming and going at all hours of the day and night.“Finding a location for supportive housing or shelters is really about available land. Whether or not it’s got utilities on site. So it isn’t really necessarily something that we can advance with a lot of consultation because there are so few sites that are available to us,” Cornock adds.
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