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Q&A: Chilliwack's mayor says council can't dictate local development
Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove says his community is doing its best to welcome new residents, but he has doubts about meeting BC's housing targets
Grace Kennedy
September 24, 2024
Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove says his community needs more social housing, but it’s not up to the city to dictate development. 📷 City of Chilliwack; Diane J. Payne/Shutterstock
This story first appeared in the Sept. 24, 2024 edition of the Fraser Valley Current newsletter. Subscribe for free to get Fraser Valley news in your email every weekday morning.
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City hall dreams won’t shape the future of Chilliwack’s downtown core, where provincial housing targets and heritage properties will be facing off against each other. Instead, Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove said, it’s the free market that will take control.
Last week, we wrote that Popove says the province needs to take the lead on building social housing in Chilliwack and other places. But Popove spoke about far more than just social housing.
In a wide-ranging mid-term interview with The Current, Popove talked about balancing heritage and density, the need for convention space in the city, how Chilliwack is going to make more park space as the city grows, and what is on the horizon for his next two years on council.
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