Vernon Competing with Silver Star?

Seems the City of Vernon wants to find a site for a bike skills park.

No matter that Silver Star Mountain has spent megabucks to develop bike trails all over the mountain.
Bureaucrats--and most politicians--don't see that a city's desire to build a facility should not compete with existing commercial operations.

It's not the first time either.

The Regional District a few years ago announced they would be building a new park on the old garbage dump site at the East BX/Coldstream municipality boundary.
What's the matter with that?
Well, they decided they'd construct disc golf. 

And don't forget the old Lakers' Golf clubhouse on Cummins Road, now owned by the City of Vernon.
The building was reportedly built without a building permit years ago, had myriad water problems as a result.  But the City of Vernon spent taxpayer dollars to fix it up and now rents it out for meetings/weddings/banquets, etc.
All in direct competition with other such facilities, i.e. golf courses that rent out clubhouses for events.

And don't forget the Municipality of Coldstream.
They bought the old Women's Institute building and do the same thing as Vernon.  They rent it out for meetings/weddings/banquets, etc., again in competition with other such commercial rental spaces available!

"Pirates of the Okanagan," suggests Kia.

Yup.