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Image Credit: Submitted/City of Kelownal February 05, 2021 - 6:30 AM A whole new approach to heritage is emerging in B.C. and Kelowna could lead the way, according to a heritage consultant who gave city councillors a workshop on the subject earlier this week. But what Elana Zysblat, the president of the B.C. Association of Heritage Professionals, said in Kelowna applies equally throughout the Thompson and Okanagan regions. “If all we have to do is keep an old wooden structure standing and make sure it doesn’t deteriorate, that’s not a good business model,” she said. “We have to think about sustainability. Good conservation is about long term. Just protecting a building so it’s standing so that you can go and say: ‘Oh, this is how old mills worked,’ that’s not robust enough, justifiable enough nor, in my opinion, is it a relevant enough experience to be able to be sustainable.