Fernie is going to grow, it’s inevitable. We either work out a way to do that in a positive, responsible, reliable and controlled manner, or we will end up in a mess for the next ten years or so until we end up the size of Banff or Whistler and a few bigshots just take over the whole town. At present we are in a position to work together as a community and create a healthy environment for everyone.
Personally I would be totally happy if we stayed exactly as we are and didn’t get any busier or more popular. However for that to happen it would take a ton of businesses, the City and RCR to all agree to stop growing and to put together a formal plan to prevent any increases in accommodations, marketing, spending, new business and rates. Ain’t gonna happen folks!
So lets please get this right now before it’s too late. If you don’t like it you need to do something constructive – the DMO might not be the perfect solution (and I certainly don’t know enough about it to make a decision yet) but at least someone is doing something.
adventuresource, I am glad your business is doing well and you are as busy as you need/want to be. That is an excellent situation to be in when so many small businesses have closed their doors over the past two years. Now I’m not saying all or even most of those did so as a result of a lack of tourism, but it was definately a factor in some cases (Divine Essentials, Tres Hermanas…) How do we solve this issue in your eyes? I think everyone would like to see some alternatives so we have options on the table.
seasonsgreetings
