
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
- Housing affordability
- business support, especially small business
- Development activity:
- Wale Road "hole" - 147 affordable housing units
- Colwood Corners Corridor
- Royal Bay - 2100 residents / 300,000 sq ft commercial 40,000 sq ft supermarket / 10,000 sq ft Day-care
- within the next 5 years we'll see a billion dollars of development spending between all the numerous Royal Bay projects
- Rob reviews how Colwood can help the region in total
- Olympic View, Allendal District and Colwood Corners round out the balance of developments that will generate $2.5 Billion in development activity
Attendees Question - transportation review - how will people move around efficiently?
Citified Media CEO Mike Kozakowski (24:56 - 53:35)
- we discuss how to get in and out of Sooke more efficiently
- $90 million highway improvement project continuing - extensive detailed discussion
- BC Transit improvements (Sooke residents top CRD transit users)
- 80 kilometres of undeveloped land just beyond Sooke (Westhore Business Cooridor)
- Port Renfrew Tourism exploding with Tourism activity
- we chat sewage and water capacity for the region
- we review the political & community appetite for growth
- daycare & medical facility development updates
Acting Mayor & Councillor Matt Sahlstrom & Langford Manager of Business Development & Events Donna Petrie (53:35 - 1:13:00)
- Langford's community priority specific to building out the arts & culture sector
- Maritime Museum
- 1200 seat theater
- Planetarium with observation deck
- Conference Center
- Film Industry and Studio Development updates
- Donna Petrie chats in detail about "I am Langford", an exciting branding and promotional project (June - end of September)
- Langford on pace for record construction activity and development permit applications this year
- transportation needs & capacity related discussion
- we review the Luxton area grounds development updates
Summary - 1:14:00
Rob Martin - 1:16:04
Mike Kozakowski - 1:18:16
Matt Sahlstrom - 1:22:16