Editor:
Re: Council approves Ladner Village six-storey proposal (Optimist, April 20).
Regarding Mayor Harvie’s comments in this story that Ladner Village has shabby buildings, a lack of people and is in a state of decline, just a side note that maybe the stores were closed when your wife and you walked around after dinner.
How many years has it been since Delta purchased the waterfront properties for development?
Mayor Harvie and council have you gone to Steveston lately with its “shabby” buildings? They kept the inner core and developed the waterfront to make it a destination. The only development that you have done was to build a “lookout” with artificial grass. Talk about shabby. They also didn’t build six-storey buildings in their inner core. We could have a more vibrant village if Delta council participated in developing the inner harbour and promoting the village instead of promoting more people as we will still have shabby buildings and limited activity when all the stores are closed.
Bill Popovic
