Editor:
It is time to stand back from the trees and look at what Sechelt’s assets are.
What are the things that work on the Sunshine Coast to bring people here to live, work, create jobs and make wealth?
We have to change the build it and they will come format. Build what and who will come? This idea is coming from outsiders who do not understand our community values. You just can’t say we need jobs, jobs, jobs. That is just politics — jobs from smoke and mirrors with no substance of reality. We have to build on our assets, what works now, and expand on that.
We are the Oregon Coast of B.C. and just under an hour from a bulging, busy, overpriced Vancouver. Sechelt is a natural for Vancouver retirement and that brings all kinds of support jobs that make the jobs for young people.
Sell your home in the city and buy in Sechelt with money in the bank.
We need more destinations in Sechelt so tourists will stop their car and see our beautiful coastline and want to move here. Our campgrounds are bursting in the summer, so why not build another — maybe a district campground, on the west side of the inlet?
It’s time to step out of the trees and see what works.
Bob Evermon, Davis Bay
