CORWEN Museum has installed new information boards in the town this week, giving passers-by the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of the area s history. At this time of the year, the museum is usually frantically working on new exhibition themes ahead of re-opening after the Winter on St David’s Day. Unfortunately, the museum is currently still not in a position to re-open because of Government restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and it may be some time yet before it is deemed safe for its volunteers and visitors. However, there was some good news for all involved this week as it installed it s new information boards at the town s Canolfan Ni Centre - where the South Denbighshire Community Partnership (SDCP) is based.
Canada s condo amenity wars
Competition for affluent condo buyers has developers piling on frills car fleets, meditation walls and even perks that assuage the social conscience
Vancouver House (Courtesy of Ema Peter/Westbank)
The marketing material for Vancouver House listed 20 reasons to buy a home inside the residential skyscraper overlooking False Creek. Among them: use of a fleet of BMWs; access to a 25-m heated rooftop pool configured so it’s sheltered from the wind yet lets in sunshine; and a 24-hour concierge trained to the same standard as those at the five-star Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel.
But when Allen Oram joined the project as part of the Westbank Development sales team in 2014 before the building broke ground he was moved to buy a unit for himself, in part because of a more unique incentive located halfway around the world. For each of the units sold at the 370-residence Vancouver House, another home would be constructed in Cambodia for poverty-stricken families li