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Stacked townhouse development approved by Port Moody council

By Patrick Penner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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November 29, 2022

stacked-townhouse-approved-pomo — Architectural drawings of the Clarke Street development. images supplied

Port Moody council has given the green light to a $2.8 million stacked townhouse development on Clarke Street.

The development application was granted its required zoning changes on Nov. 22, and a development permit was officially issued by council.

“This has gone through the ringer,” said Mayor Meghan Lahti. “It came to us at one point with more units and then we sent it back and we’ve been tweaking it along the way. So I’m happy to see it here.”

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The small single family lot on the 2200-block of Clarke Street is currently occupied by a house in poor condition, according to the staff report.

That house is set to be replaced by a three-storey townhouse development, consisting of eight units, and 15 underground parking spaces.

The lot is just over 8,700 square feet, and has limited development potential for large land assemblies due to being adjacent to two protected heritage buildings, the report stated.

The applicant has paid $42,000 to the community amenity fund and has committed another $14,000 to the public art reserve.

Architectural drawings of the Clarke Street development. photo supplied

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Patrick Penner, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Having spent the first 20 years of his life in Port Moody, Patrick Penner has finally returned as a hometown reporter.

His youth was spent wiping out on snowboards, getting hit in the face with hockey pucks, and frolicking on boats in the Port Moody Arm.

After graduating Heritage Woods Secondary School, Penner wandered around aimlessly for a year before being given an ultimatum by loving, but concerned, parents: “rent or college.”

With that, he was off to the University of Victoria to wander slightly less aimlessly from book, to classroom, to beer, and back.

Penner achieved his undergraduate degree in 2017, majoring in political science and minoring in history.

To absolutely no one’s surprise, translating this newfound education into career opportunities proved somewhat challenging.

After working for a short time as a lowly grunt in various labour jobs, Penner’s fruitless drifting came to an end.

He decided it was time to hit the books again. This time, with focus.

Nine months later, Penner had received a certificate of journalism from Langara College and was awarded the Jeani Read-Michael Mercer Fellowship upon graduation.

When that scholarship led to a front page story in the Vancouver Sun, he knew he had found his calling.

Penner moved to Abbotsford to spend the next three years learning from grizzled reporters and editors at Black Press Media.

Assigned to the Mission Record as the city’s sole reporter, he developed a taste for investigative and civic reporting, eventually being nominated for the 2023 John Collison Investigative Journalism Award.

Unfortunately, dwindling resources and cutbacks in the community media sphere convinced Penner to seek out alternative ways to deliver the news.

When a position opened up at the Tri-Cities Dispatch, he knew it was time to jump ship and sail back home to beautiful Port Moody.