Editor:
It is with some dismay that I read negative comments online at kamloopsthisweek.com about the proposed performing-arts centre.
It is an element in the development of a city that makes it a city.
Aside from expanding the cultural opportunities for current residents, it provides a substantial attraction for others looking for a place to work and raise a family.
Insofar as over half of the world’s populace lives in urban areas, our competition for professionals (read doctors) is tough.
We taxpayers have the opportunity to assist our recruitors in this pursuit by putting our money where our mouths are.
Doctors kicking the tires of Kamloops are not looking to buy an SUV, they are looking for a whole family experience.
I can think of no better way to work together as a community than to approve the referendum in November and declare to prospective new families that Kamloops is indeed a great place to live.
We must make the first move.
Carl Anderson
Kamloops
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