News Items tag as: Channel Bridge

Penticton Indian Band preparing to welcome first tenant to channel lands
March 09, 2016 - 6:30 PM

PENTICTON - The Penticton Indian Band continues to move its economy forward with a milestone announcement expected in the coming weeks.

Penticton Indian Band Chief Jonathan Kruger says one of the locatee owners is poised to sign a letter of intent within the next few weeks which will see the lease of a three-acre parcel of land for a commercial development on their lands across the new Satikw Bridge.

The new business could bring up to 30 jobs to the area.
Why the bridge to nowhere in Penticton is actually going somewhere
September 04, 2015 - 4:30 PM

PENTICTON - It’s being called a “bridge to nowhere” by some on social media, but developers building the Satikw Bridge at Green Avenue on the Penticton river channel say that’s an unfair label for a project which has taken two decades to come to fruition.
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Penticton Indian Band preparing to welcome first tenant to channel lands