It was a yr of change – together with many endings – within the White Rock and South Surrey enterprise neighborhood.
All through 2022, the cities bid a farewell to quite a few established companies and organizations for causes linked — unsurprisingly — to prices.
Uptown landmark, White Rock Brake and Wheel closed store after almost 50 years in operation by generations of the identical household. The old-school automotive store closed its doorways on the finish of August as a result of rising price of leasing the Prospect Avenue property.
The store was began by the late Eric Ellingsen, a White Rock native, in 1976. After graduating from Semiahmoo Secondary, Eric acquired his certification from an area automotive dealership, main him to lease the property that will develop into the Ellingsen’s store for the subsequent 46 years.
One factor’s for sure, the handshake settlement with a lease signed on the again of a serviette the enterprise began with is just not as frequent a observe because it as soon as was.
Subsequent to depart was the important Meals on Wheels program for the South Surrey and White Rock neighborhood.
Meals on Wheels delivers low-cost, sizzling meals to a largely senior clientele who’re unable to prepare dinner for themselves or to go away their residence for meals. For a lot of purchasers, the interplay between the volunteers delivering their meals three days per week was their solely dialog of the day.
As a result of they had been a small group and never formally registered, Meals on Wheels didn’t qualify for a lot of grants. The cash they obtained was nowhere close to sufficient to have a big impact, Pat Patton of MOW advised PAN in October.
With fuel costs reaching document highs this yr, resulting in fewer volunteers, and food-prices rising, the writing was on the wall for the 50-year-old non-profit service.
Since then, the purchasers from the group have been taken on by Cloverdale Kitchen’s cell meals program.
In the event you’re not reminiscing on the nice ol’ days but, recall {that a} well-known South Surrey produce farm bid its founding household farewell after it was bought to new house owners. Mary’s Backyard had been within the Nootebos household since 1966.Jack and Mary Nootebos operated the farm till 1995, when their two sons took over.
On the finish of October when the ultimate member of the Nootebos household concerned with the enterprise, closed the doorways for the final time.Nonetheless, Mary’s Backyard will proceed to function beneath the identical title, run by a unique South Surrey household.
White Rock Medical clinic was additionally scheduled to closed its doorways Dec. 29 after a whopping 77 years of serving the neighborhood. All of the medical doctors on the clinic have reportedly determined to remain native, transferring on to work at totally different practices and leaving none of their present sufferers and not using a physician.
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