The City of Penticton announced the purchase of a 1.5 acre property adjacent the SOEC property at the Monday, Oct. 5 council meeting. Credit: Google Maps Street View

City of Penticton purchases $1.5M parcel of land

PENTICTON – The City of Penticton has acquired a piece of real estate adjacent to the South Okanagan Events Centre property on Power Street.

The announcement was made during Monday night’s council meeting, Oct. 5, and came following an in camera discussion following from a previous meeting.

The 1.495 acre parcel is located at 903 Vernon Ave., also accessible by Westminster Avenue, and was purchased for $1.55 million.

In making the announcement, Communications Officer Simone Blais says the property 'opens up opportunities for future public amenities.'

“It’s a prime location for sports fields, new or replacement facilities for ageing infrastructure, parking or other public amenities,” Mayor Andrew Jakubeit says, adding the city, "Hasn’t yet defined what we’re going to do with it.”

To contact the reporter for this story, email Steve Arstad at sarstad@infonews.ca or call 250-488-3065. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
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