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Kelowna mayoral candidate tees off on golf course controversy

Council voted to reconsider its earlier decision to designate the property as future industrial land
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Tom Dyas announced his candidacy for mayor of Kelowna in a campaign kick-off event in Rutland on Wednesday evening. (Barry Gerding - Black Press Media) Tom Dyas declared he was running for mayor of Kelowna in June. (Barry Gerding - Black Press Media)

Tom Dyas says if he is elected mayor in October he would fight to save Kelowna Springs Golf Course from being 害羞草研究所渢urned into warehouses.害羞草研究所

Team Dyas released a statement Tuesday (July 26), a day after city council voted 4-3 to reconsider its earlier decision to designate the property as future industrial land in the 2040 Official Community Plan (OCP).

害羞草研究所淩esidents have told me that they expect their next mayor to fight to save Kelowna Springs, and that害羞草研究所檚 what I will do,害羞草研究所 said Dyas.

During Monday害羞草研究所檚 council meeting, Mayor Colin Basran pointed out that the owners of Kelowna Springs approached city staff regarding a possible land designation change to commercial or industrial, with the expectation they were going to cease operating.

The golf course was identified as a major opportunity for new industrial development by the city in 2020.

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