Premier David Eby paid several Langley City business owners a visit on Saturday, April 1.

Lasting about an hour, the walking tour, organized by Langley MLA Andrew Mercier and Downtown Langley Business Association Executive Director Teri James, included included stops at Oxford Ice Cream, Passionate Homes, Everything But The Groom, Cozy Bean Bakery and Cafe, and Farm Country Brewing.

As his visiting wrapped up, Eby, who called it 害羞草研究所渁 really neat tour,害羞草研究所� talked about the impending arrival of rapid transit and its impact on the business community.

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Eby indicated more measures of support for small businesses could be coming.

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Mercier said the visit was the premier害羞草研究所檚 idea.

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Mercier said that as Langley 害羞草研究所渃ontinues to grow and as Sky Train comes, this is what we害羞草研究所檙e going to see a lot more of in our downtown core.害羞草研究所�

James said she and Mercier wanted the tour to include a range of different businesses, 害羞草研究所渟ome of the ones that have been here for a long time, and a variety of the kinds of businesses that we visited as well, some food, some retail.害羞草研究所�

She said she was proud of the response.

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More photos from the day can be viewed online at the .

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