This story, however, comes from inside The Loop and is told by the staff, volunteers and guests that call the community resource centre their place of employment, their volunteer work, their place for a healthy meal and a friendly, safe and secure service center that feels like home even when you’re homeless or socially isolated. Glenn Hilke - Kamloops This Week The City of Kamloops has designated The Loop a nuisance property and, at the moment I am writing this, our landlord was presented with a $500 fine holding the landlord (and our centre) personally responsible for a vigilante attack by an unknown, hateful man who assaulted our centre staff, volunteers and guests. This was widely seen in local media and on social media, but The Loop and our landlord are blamed for this event.
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The south shore location will be operated by the Kamloops Aboriginal Friendship Society (KAFS) and The Mustard Seed in the parking lot on the west side of the city’s storage facility for the homeless run by KAFS, at 48 Victoria St W.. Envision will be operated by a coalition of the Canadian Mental Health Association, ASK Wellness Society, KAFS and Interior Community Services (ICS), providing a day space at 346 Campbell Ave., which is the vacant, privately owned former liquor store property behind the Northbridge Hotel. City of Kamloops social, housing and community development manager Carmin Mazzotta said the two locations are expected to open in about a week.
The applicant, Orak Enterprises, indicated the development would consist of 35 affordable rental units and five social housing units, with ground floor commercial space for Active Care Youth and Adult Services. As per the city’s zoning bylaw, the project requires at least 41 parking spaces, but 25 fewer stalls is proposed by the applicant, with space for 16 stalls of surface parking. Staff recommended council deny the variance and development permit, with options to seek parking arrangements with nearby properties and reapply, as the city’s zoning bylaw will soon be changing, with 33 parking spaces to be required for the affordable housing complex.