Westshore Business Corridor - an in-depth discussion with Colwood Mayor Rob Martin, Citified Media CEO Mike Kozakowski and Langford Acting Mayor & Councillor Matt Sahlstrom

Colwood Mayor Rob Martin (5:57 - 24:50)

- families are attracted to the Westshore…"the place to be"

- Colwood's focus is on creating prosperity in the household…i.e., household wealth

1. Housing affordability
2. business support, especially small business

- Development activity:

1. Wale Road "hole" - 147 affordable housing units
2. Colwood Corners Corridor
3. Royal Bay - 2100 residents / 300,000 sq ft commercial 40,000 sq ft supermarket / 10,000 sq ft Day-care
4. within the next 5 years we'll see a billion dollars of development spending between all the numerous Royal Bay projects
5. Rob reviews how Colwood can help the region in total
6. Olympic View, Allendal District and Colwood Corners round out the balance of developments that will generate $2.5 Billion in development activity

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