Residents of Woodlands Park, which has been a manufactured home park for almost six decades, will have until 2030 to leave
The 69-year-old resident of Woodland Park, a mobile-home community in downtown Langford, was told he was going to have to move.
“To be honest, I thought I’d die here,” said Paterson, who has lived in Woodland Park for four years. “I’m shocked. I’ve got one kidney, one foot and I’m legally blind … I got a lot of medical problems.” But with new tall buildings surrounding the mobile home park on all sides, Stoerzer, 69, said it was time for an exit.
Thursday’s announcement came out of the blue to the public, but the deal had been negotiated for two years.Council has scheduled three readings of a park dedication bylaw for Woodlands Park at its Monday meeting and is expected to adopt the bylaw at its Jan. 20 meeting. Ridge, a Langford resident, said in a package delivered to residents that he will assist in providing resources to move units and sell them, and in connecting tenants with new housing options.
Picnic areas and playgrounds are planned as part of the design, which will be modelled on Beacon Hill Park and VanDusen Botanical Gardens in Vancouver, the city said. Harder said she worked with council and senior staff to see how they could forge a deal that would “capture the vision for Ralph’s legacy, but also respected the needs of the tenants as well.”
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