Initiatives Prince George Budget Given Green Light

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 08:08 PM

Initiatives Prince George says there is a case to be made for pushing for regional development that will benefit the area rather than specifically Prince George.
"With containerization in our backyard, the growth of mining, gas and oil, the opportunities are endless" said IPG's boss, Gerry Offet.

2006 will be a "turnaround year for City Center Ventures and downtown development" says the head of IPG. Offet is confident there will be residential mixed use development saying Yves Ghaia was here over the weekend to meet with City officials and things look very positive. The tax reduction program is being well received, and Offett says they are working with a number of developers on possible projects.

The IPG budget calls for a City contribution of $1,278,834.00, and the deferral of a request for $82,500.00 on a personnel issue.

According to Offet, discussions are underway with several "major industrial" companies to bring those "higher paying jobs" to Prince George.Offet says he expects to see the announcement of an inland port "sooner rather than later and that contrary to what some people write, an inland port doesn't necessarily need to be a single megolithic structure, that it can be several facilities in varying locations packaging and re-packaging." Offett is speaking of the CN plan to have a container stuffing facility which Opinion250 revealed Friday February 10th.

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Posted on Wednesday, February 15, 2006 08:08 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Chadermando on February 15 2006 10:34 PM

I think IPG's budget is the biggest waste in the city budget. They accomplish nothing and take credit for everything.

I think $82,000 to find a replacement for Offet is ludicrious. I'd be willing to bet Offet's retirement has no plans to stay in PG.

IMO IPG is the good ol boys club filled with people that feel they are owed entitlment and are paid by the city tax payer to pursue their own agenda's with our tax dollar. I can't think of a single success story that came out of IPG.

Posted by: Gofaster on February 16 2006 5:56 AM

$82,500 persoanal issue???
Sorry Offet I have no plans to help pay you to go on trips at city expense before you retire. One doing that now is enough in my opinion

Posted by: giterdun on February 16 2006 12:43 PM

THE PERFECT GUY FOR THIS JOB IS RIGHT HERE IN P.G. HIS NAME IS DAN ROGERS.DAN HAS THE EXPERIENCE AND THE ENERGY TO DO A HELL OF A GOOD JOB. WE DON'T NEED 80,000.00 TO FIND ANOTHER GUY WHO DOESN,T WANT TO BE HERE. WE NEED A LOCAL PERSON WHO HAS ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND LOVES TO LIVE HERE. JUST PICK UP THE PHONE, CALL DAN AND SAVE THE MONEY.HE WOULD BE A GREAT PROMOTER TO OUR AREA.