Peachland, B.C., July 14th, 2009 — Scott Wilshaw, managing director for Peachland’s Trepanier Manor Hotel and Luxury Homes development, unveiled a proposal today for a Peachland Event and Entertainment Pier located on the Peachland lakefront. Trepanier Manor proposes to partner with the District of Peachland Council to construct this year-round waterfront event & performance centre, enabling Peachland to host local and international performances. Bringing new meaning to “Peachland on the Water,” the centerpiece stage will have boat moorage and the potential for a new Peachland Club and Wine Bar. The $2.9M proposal could have an annual economic impact of $2.5M and is planned to be completed in 2011.
“A key factor for the project is that it reflects variety, vitality and vibrancy that both local residents and visitors to Peachland can all enjoy and be part of. The vision that the team and I are working from is that the project must offer a sound development strategy, have a quality design that will optimize this stunning waterfront location while retaining Peachland’s quaint intimacy and very important for us all is it develops a local signature landmark” said Wilshaw.
Proposed features of the entertainment pier include:
- An on the water performance centre built to accommodate a symphony orchestra or a theatre production with its “Symphony and Song” Program
- A collaboration is already being discussed with the Okanagan Symphony to ensure the best technical venue and the finest presentation series.
- Moorage for 96 boats with day, overnight, short-term and long-term slips, accompanied by needed facilities for an island charters, a pump-out station and positioning for emergency craft.
- Tiered amphitheatre seating along the shore adjacent to downtown Peachland’s boardwalk, where guests can watch planned plays, productions and musical events
- “Green, clean and Leeds” development and operation, including a commitment to promoting eco technology and electric boating.
- A year-round club house with dining facilities and a wine bar featuring Okanagan products, cooking school and interpretative promenade and/or walk of fame.
- A new annual marquee event for the pier and downtown to reflect Peachland’s identity, vibrancy and vitality.
- B.C.’s first Welcome Centre on the water with an accompanying hospitality deck.
When asked to comment about the Symphony and Song Program planned Caroline Miller, General Manager of the Okanagan Symphony commented “Great music, long, warm summer afternoons and evenings, and professional-level classical and pops concerts: what could be better for residents and visitors?”
We will be thrilled,” says Music Director and Conductor Rosemary Thomson, “to be part of this exciting initiative to bring live performances, and opportunities for boating enthusiasts and the community at the Peachland waterfront. We’d love to assist the municipal and planning groups in developing the best sound and stage layout possible. We love being part of the larger Okanagan family.”
Managing Director Wilshaw added “This is another local project for the local community and for the past year has been planned by a team of wonderful locals who believe in the long term growth of this superb community that we are all part of. We all firmly believe that the economic impact will be high and the project will be an asset to the downtown of Peachland.”
The project captures the recommendations of the Community Official Plan and the visioning proposals from concepts initiated in the last 10 years. Trepanier Manor will build the pier as it evolves from community interaction in concert with approvals from the district and provincial-federal land/ water management regulations. Citizens, boaters and business will also have an opportunity to work with an advisory team to fine tune the proposal to best serve historic Peachland.
For further information please contact:
Scott J Wilshaw
Managing Director
Tel: 250 859 1516
info@livinginthemanor.com
http://www.pierinpeachland.com/
http://www.livinginthemanor.com/
http://www.trepaniermanorhotel.com/
