News Items tag as: City of Kelowna 2023

Who's really driving the vision to redevelop Kelowna’s North End?
January 02, 2024 - 9:00 AM

One of Kelowna’s oldest neighbourhoods is in the midst of a major makeover and long-time residents say their interests are playing second fiddle to a major lumber company.
No secrets when the City of Kelowna wants to buy land
December 31, 2023 - 7:00 PM

The City of Kelowna buys a lot of property through a variety of different processes. But, in all cases, the seller knows it’s the city wanting to buy.
Lack of trust, consistency led to demise of Kelowna’s Journey Home Society in its efforts to end homelessness
December 31, 2023 - 3:30 PM

After five years and at least $1 million in Kelowna taxpayers’ dollars, the Journey Home Society is no longer part of the city’s efforts to end homelessness.
Two of three remaining properties near Kelowna’s newest waterfront park are for sale
December 24, 2023 - 7:00 AM
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There are only three privately owned properties preventing the creation of a major waterfront park north of Mission Creek along Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, but the city has yet to enter into negotiations to buy them.
Kelowna's AI is fielding 100,000 calls from residents this year
December 16, 2023 - 7:00 AM

In 2022, there were about 14,000 calls and texts handled by Kelowna City Hall’s Artificial Intelligence system but has jumped to 117,000 this year and is expected to grow as the services it provides continue to expand.
iN VIDEO: Kelowna pays $18M for lakefront property, triple assessed value
December 14, 2023 - 9:57 AM

A 1.8-acre property bordering Mission Creek and Okanagan Lake has been bought by the City of Kelowna for $18 million.
With the death of Journey Home it’s unclear how Kelowna will tackle homelessness in the future
December 10, 2023 - 4:30 PM
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Kelowna's Journey Home initiative was created in 2018 with the goal of transforming Kelowna to a city with functionally zero homelessness by 2024.
Time's up for unsafe Kelowna house, City prepares for demolition
December 08, 2023 - 7:30 AM
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It will be almost three years until an order by Kelowna city council to demolish an unsafe house in a Rutland neighbourhood will finally be achieved.
Workers in downtown Kelowna building forced out as UBCO digs deeper
December 06, 2023 - 6:00 PM
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Damage to a fourth building near the construction site of UBC Okanagan’s new downtown Kelowna campus has triggered a “do not occupy” notice to a commercial building across Doyle Avenue from the site.
$31M from feds will do little to deal with Kelowna's housing affordability crisis
December 02, 2023 - 3:30 PM
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As the first BC city to get money out of the federal Housing Accelerator Fund, Kelowna is ahead of the others in its efforts to get more desperately needed housing built faster.
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News Items tag as: City of Kelowna 2023

Who's really driving the vision to redevelop Kelowna’s North End?

No secrets when the City of Kelowna wants to buy land

Lack of trust, consistency led to demise of Kelowna’s Journey Home Society in its efforts to end homelessness

Two of three remaining properties near Kelowna’s newest waterfront park are for sale

Kelowna's AI is fielding 100,000 calls from residents this year

iN VIDEO: Kelowna pays $18M for lakefront property, triple assessed value

With the death of Journey Home it’s unclear how Kelowna will tackle homelessness in the future

Time's up for unsafe Kelowna house, City prepares for demolition

Workers in downtown Kelowna building forced out as UBCO digs deeper

$31M from feds will do little to deal with Kelowna's housing affordability crisis

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