Proposed Summerland agriculture initiative food for thought at Salmon Arm council

Proposed Summerland agriculture initiative food for thought at Salmon Arm council

Doug Holmes piqued Salmon Arm council’s interest with a way to support city infrastructure servicing agricultural land that doesn’t involve raising property taxes. Holmes, the District of Summerland’s mayor, attended the June 22 city council meeting to present a potential solution to a challenge his community faces – the provision of municipal infrastructure to service agricultural land. He explained that last year the district collected $12.5 m…