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    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
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BN05-49: Construction Reaches $16.1 Million

Recent History – 2000

Oct. 17, 2000

DAWSON CREEK — September was a good month on the construction front, city council learned Monday. A total of 18 building permits for construction worth $4,495,800 were taken out, boosting the year-to-date total to $16.1 million of which $13.4 million is taxable.

The value of construction for this September is greater than the $2,242,500 for the same month last year. But the year-to-date total remains behind that for 1999, when permits for construction worth $29.6 million had been taken out, of which $24.46 million was taxable.

But last year was record-setting, finishing at about $32 million, and Mayor Blair Lekstrom was happy with the way this year has gone so far.

“It’s another good news story,” he said Monday, adding that $20 million is a strong possibility by the year’s end.

He also noted that in contrast to previous years, there has been plenty of construction during the fall.

At $1.25 million, an 18-unit multi-family apartment salted for 1328-102nd Ave., and backed by the Dawson Creek Society for Community Living (DCSCL) was the largest project.

The DCSCL also took out permits for two eight-unit multi-family duplexes at 1408 and 1420-102nd Ave., each worth $625,000.

Louisiana-Pacific took out permits for a $525,000 foundation for the boiler-chipper building, and $450,000 for log conditioning chests, both at the Snake Pit Rd. development.

The City of Dawson Creek, meanwhile, took out a permit for a $50,000 condenser at Kin Arena.

This article is taken from the Peace River Block Daily News, Dawson Creek, with the permission of the publisher. The Daily News retains all rights relating to this material. The information in this article is intended solely for research or general interest purposes.

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