Jumbo - Where is the common sense?

Sep 02, 2009

Letter to the Editor
Elizabeth Stuart, Invermere
The Valley Echo
September 2, 2009

While hiking along the trail to Jumbo Pass last week, fellow hikers and myself were admiring the general splendour of the valley below including the proposed Jumbo development site. We wondered how many people would be willing or able to travel that great distance and get to the resort itself.

First, where would all the people come from? Is there an untapped market somewhere? Second, where would all the staff come from to run this proposed multi-million dollar resort? Third, how would Jumbo be sustained over time? Aren't resorts in the area already struggling financially?

The logistics and costs associated with this proposed development just do not make sense...not to mention the opposition to it from the Ktunaxa Nation and local residents of Invermere.

Show common sense and exercise your democratic right by signing the petition for the RDEK to respect local decision making on the proposed Jumbo development.