"The two day economic summit has wrapped up with the Premier saying Prince George will become the wood product showcase for the world."

Will politicians ever subscribe to more a realistic and believable lingo? I would be more than satisfied (ecstatic) if P.G. would become the wood product showcase for Canada first.

Then, once it has a track record - on to the world, the galaxy and the universe!

The only problem with gordon cambells speach is.. It was coming from gordon campbell.

Maybe Gordo could go to Mackenzie and help those workers who have been told that there is no $$ for a month's work at the mill which was sold to Worthington.
Better yet, Pat Bell should be there for those workers seeing that he is their MLA!!
The economic summit does not give those workers any hope!

http://www.opinion250.com/blog/view/11875/1/worthington+properties+issued+orders+in+mackenzie?

See this story on opinion250. Perhaps there will be some money in the federal $64 Billion deficit spending initiative for this type of thing.

It would make more sense than give more bailout money to the banks.

Pat Bel won't say one thing more than Mr Campbell will, it is called the "Paul Nettleton" syndrome...

So bang on diplomat!

The Canadian Wood Council has been around for decades, marketing Canadian wood products for the construction industry in Europe and Asia.

Woodworks and its awards program has been around for some time, and was promoted extensively in PG.

We have a few non-residential buildings in town that are good and some excellent examples of the use of wood in such buildings, all designed by Architects located elsewhere in BC and Canada.

The earliest one that comes to mind, that few even know about, is the previous head office of Northwood, a wonderful. unpretentious and structurally pure heavy timber building If there is a fault, it is probably because there is too much wood in it.

To much of the other wood uses in the modern buildings in town is actually "fake" to a degree. At the airport, for instance, the steel columns in the departure lounge are clad with rounded wood, with the wood having minimal, if any, structural function.

The question really becomes, why Prince George? How will it work? Where will the designers come from? How can a small community build the number of substantial buildings required to become such a show case with all the international competition from Europe and Asia, if not also from South America? He must have the PAC in mind. What other building could possibly display the honest use of wood in a showpiece setting better than that?

In addition, of course, we have to think interiors, furniture and other wood products.

If we want to do that, then we better start thinking like bohemian, because bureaucrats and tekkies are just not going to cut it to get us on the leading edge of the international design scene.

Have a look at CWC and also germantimber.com to see the competition for PG. Canada is ready. We have some wondrful Architects in this country. PG is just not even in the picture right now. A nice goal to strive for. Reinventing wood aggregate concrete blocks is not the way to do it.

http://www.cwc.ca
http://www.wood-works.org/index.htm
http://www.germantimber.com/en/timber_products/timberproducts_glued_laminated_timber

I am eagerly awaiting the plan of action. Can a School of Design at UNBC be far behind?

"The only problem with gordon cambells speach is.. It was coming from gordon campbell."

Now now. Just because Campbell spoke doesn't mean everything he said was a lie. He may have said good morning or something. That might have been the truth.

Him saying thank you would have been a stretch though.
Neither he or James is interested in hearing from us up here.

Shut up and hand over you money.

The university is planned to have a engineering school open the near future, maybe even this next bc budget.

And just how long did it take to get a promise of a cancer clinic here?

I'm not holding my breath for this one.