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Coffee odours: What smell would you hate to live next to?
- May 20, 2010 2:14 PM |
- By POV
The owner of the Salt Spring Coffee Company says after 15 years on the
island, they are packing up and leaving for Vancouver because local
officials rejected his plan to expand their facility.
Residents had expressed concerns about odour from the roasting and possible environmental effects on Ford Lake, a nearby protected wetland.
President Mickey McLeod said it will be hard to leave the Gulf Island community on Salt Spring Island, but last year the Islands Trust rejected his application for expansion.
That means about 10 employees on Salt Spring Island who sort beans and package them in bags will either have to move to the mainland or lose their jobs.
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What smell would drive you crazy if you had to live next to it?
Residents had expressed concerns about odour from the roasting and possible environmental effects on Ford Lake, a nearby protected wetland.
President Mickey McLeod said it will be hard to leave the Gulf Island community on Salt Spring Island, but last year the Islands Trust rejected his application for expansion.
That means about 10 employees on Salt Spring Island who sort beans and package them in bags will either have to move to the mainland or lose their jobs.
Read more:
What smell would drive you crazy if you had to live next to it?
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