Coffee compromise suggested
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Why the confrontation? Why not constructive compromise? The Salt Spring Coffee Company wants to continue and expand its business on the island. Our island’s trustees have an obligation — in good faith — to honour and enforce the Trust’s mandate: “to preserve and protect.” Therefore, rezoning “residential rural” to “industrial” is in obvious conflict with this mandate.
So, what can be done? In a spirit of constructive compromise SSCC and the Trust could work together to identify available industrial land located within the public water system that can be rezoned for mixed usage: coffee production,greenhouse agriculture, and educational purposes. This teamwork approach just might prove to be a win-win situation. We would then be able to “preserve and protect” our precious island’s eco-system while providing business and employment opportunities to Salt Spring residents.Sounds too simple to be true? Let’s try it.
David Kos,
Suan Suay Road
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