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Chinese gazebo plan hits a snag

Nelson city hall is balking at a proposal to build a gazebo over the commemorative Chinatown rock.

Staff see several problems and suggest it be put somewhere other than the corner of Hall and Vernon.

But proponent Claus Schunke insists it needs to go in the same place as the well-established rock.

Staff say the gazebo would need footings and those might interfere with infrastructure in the area.

But Schunke isn’t buying it.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He has recently published a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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