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Show land into a mobile home park. Should our local leaders be supporting such sprawling development and ‘build and run’ profiteering while at the same time whittling away at inexpensive housing stock such as trailers? The county commissioners and town councils should encourage expansion of existing trailer courts through reduced water tap and sewage fees, and some undeveloped sections within city limits should be zoned strictly for mobile homes, particularly in areas adjacent to golf courses. S These are common sense answers to a vexing problem that is not going to just go away. TE The Fraser Valley and communities across the rural West are in dire need of some truly affordable housing, and the mobile home can meet that end quickly and cheaply. It’s time for us to look beyond the stigma that one associates with trailer living, time for us to recognize the fact that unless we do something soon then all the small towns really will become the dreaded Breckenridge or Vail; places with high property values but no real history or sense of continuity. The existence of trailer courts ensures that families of limited means and the working class will continue to settle within the WA : Cu nah S > ke pe Bee 1393 N. HIGHWAY 191 SERVING DINNER NIGHTLY _RO oe ee : 2 on www. bucksgrillhouse.com valley. This is important, for if a town wishes to exist as a real community, which is to say a viable economic and cultural unit, then poor folks must be a part of the social fabric. This can only happen if they are given opportunities to buy homes, however humble, that they can call their own. A lifetime of rent is not good enough. Trailers, whether single units or in community courts, are an obvious and inexpensive solution. - Charles Clayton can be reached at: granolasandwich@hotmail.com ‘T can make a web site sing." Web Site HAPPY MORGAN Design G Maintenance PCN a es Allorney | 8 South 100 East (The Zephyr’s new webmaster) 435.259. 9418 al Law Moab, UT 84532 PAX: 259.3979 sashinator|@yahoo.com SOL641.1442 DAVE'S | CORNER MARKET EVERYBODY TO COMES DAVE'S! ut intr We've got what it takes to cool you down. Polar Bears welcome. 400 East & Mill Creek Dr. 259.6999 and coming soon... www.davescornermarket.com AN nip = Nutht |
