Downtown Kelowna, B.C. businesses raising concerns over homeless population
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Many downtown Kelowna, B.C. residents, and businesses are fed up with the increase of litter, graffiti, and crime.
Many downtown Kelowna, B.C. residents, and businesses are fed up with the increase of litter, graffiti, and crime.
They say they feel like their pleas for help are being ignored by the city, and they’re looking for action — sooner rather than later.
Trisha Kadla works in Kelowna’s downtown core, and every day she comes to her Pandosy Street office, she says she deals with the same issues.
“They’re usually camped outside my door so I can’t get into my office. I’ll have to try and flag down an RCMP officer to help me a lot of times I can’t get out of my office because midday, they’re shooting up,” said Kadla.
She’s becoming increasingly frustrated with the vandalism, garbage and loitering in the area. Kadla says she’s seen it dramatically rise over the past six months.
“I don’t know that mayor and council really understand what this stretch of Kelowna, what’s really happening down here.”
However, Kelowna’s mayor, Tom Dyas, says it’s one of city council’s key issues and is talked about almost daily as officials search for solutions.
“Homelessness and the effect of what we’re seeing affect all communities but that does not mean that we need to dismiss it,” said Dyas.
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