Cross-Country Adult Group Lessons
REGISTER for a session of four one-hour lessons in January AND/OR February. This program is intended to be a social way for skiers of any level to improve their technique and have fun together, including the option of a social ski involving all of the lesson groups in the fourth week of each session.
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Radio Free Kaslo, December 13, 2024
Preserving beautiful land for present and future generations is a huge challenge for many rural communities, desperately seeking ways to stimulate economic activity, and often outflanked by deep-pocketed developers.
On today's show, host Randy Morse has a conversation with three members of Kaslo's South Beach Working Group, on the fate — and future — of South Beach, a 15-acre parcel that cries out to be left in its wildest possible state.
PS: Don't miss the opportunity to let Kaslo's Municipal Council know where you stand on the future of South Beach. Attend Council's upcoming public meeting on the subject, Tuesday, December 17, 6 PM Pacific. If you can't be there in person, join in via Zoom — find the link on the Village of Kaslo's website.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mdQHkUjcrzOfPbaqg6hIW?si=DJs79ekOQIijDOaJNNWKcA
Radio Free Kaslo, October 22, 2024
lovely village in British Columbia's West Kootenay region, surrounded by stunning nature.
To the east looms the Purcell Range, to the west, the Selkirks. Situated on an alluvial peninsula, lower Kaslo juts into fjord-like Kootenay Lake, pointing like an arrow toward the Purcells. The town is flanked on the north by Kaslo Bay, the largest inlet on the lake, and to the south by the Kaslo River.
The parcel of land on the immediate southern bank of the river, where it flows into the lake, is known by locals as South Beach. It's prized for its expansive beachfront with beautiful lake and mountains views, it's flatness (a rarity in a part of the world that is far more up & down than level), and its proximity to Kaslo.
A good portion of South Beach is privately held. The owner has signalled a desire to turn much of it into a trailer park — a proposal many in the village find alarming.
Like so many rural communities, Kaslo suffers from an acute lack of affordable — never mind innovative — housing. It also struggles, as do most small mountain towns these days once reliant on either long-gone or dwindling extractive industries, to create new, well-paid jobs for locals, shore up its tax base, and generally, to create new economic opportunities for the town and region.
The trick is how best to do that, in a way that offers local young people a chance for more-then-decent jobs, pays attention to rapidly emerging 21st century challenges, supports existing small businesses — and does all that without paving Paradise.
Could a South Beach trailer park be part of the answer for Kaslo? Or....
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6NsXf9g33GwV9dsA017rWe?si=SSJHlJ7EQxiCuGJFWjE_ew