✅ What’s new or confirmed recently

• As of July 25, 2025, the village council approved a Letter of Intent to lease Village-owned land for a social-purpose seniors housing development.

• The proposal is for a four-storey building with 60 one-bedroom suites, including accessible units, in-suite laundry, ground-floor patios, scooter parking, community garden/landscaping, ~43 parking stalls, and common amenity space.

• The project involves a partnership between Agassiz Harrison Community Services (AHCS), Terra Social Purpose Real Estate, and The Nerdy Architect — working with the village.

• A formal grant application under the provincial program (Community Housing Fund / “BC Builds” model) was submitted on July 31, 2025.

• The site is the village-owned land just north of the current Village Office.

  
  

📅 Timeline & Next Steps

According to the public project timeline:

• Funding decision from the province expected sometime after Sept 3, 2025 (following the grant application) Get Into It Harrison!

• If funding granted, next steps include design, community consultation, municipal permits, tender process, then construction — with a potential start date in winter 2026.

• Meanwhile the village is updating its official planning documents: the new housing plan was incorporated into the revised Village Lands Master Plan.

⚠️ What remains uncertain / potential areas of concern

• As of now, funding from the province has not been confirmed — the grant application is pending.

• There may still be environmental, zoning or community-planning hurdles — no final permit or construction approval yet.

• Community reactions: earlier public consultation showed seniors’ housing was a high priority, but some residents remain skeptical about aspects like parking availability, impact on neighbourhood infrastructure, and village staff becoming landlords (as earlier debates indicated when civic+housing combos were discussed).

  
  

🧮 Implications (Given What We’re Already Working On)

Because we’ve already been analyzing infrastructure and community-service capacity around the proposed site (Miami River / Hot Springs Drive), these updates are very relevant:

• The shift to village-owned land + a grant-funded model might sidestep some of the financial uncertainties you were concerned about (especially regarding asset thresholds and non-profit vs private developer models).

• But the unconfirmed funding leaves the project in a “soft commitment” stage — meaning your strategy of continued public scrutiny, infrastructure capacity questions, and opposition remains timely and viable.

• The pending environmental and zoning approvals give you the opportunity to keep pushing concerns about local services, infrastructure adequacy, and community suitability — especially if the project moves forward to permit stage.

Key Recent Records & Minutes

🧮 What the Documents Show — Status & Progress

• The project has formally progressed beyond conceptual discussion: Council has committed via Letter of Intent and has authorized funding applications.

• Council is reworking municipal planning documents (OCP, bylaws) and mobilizing support services (grant applications, environmental/site assessments, relocation of public-works yard) to facilitate the build.

• There's been at least one public consultation (town hall in September 2025) where resident feedback was solicited and recorded — including submissions from residents.

📥 How to Access the Files

• Minutes from June 16, 2025 onward are publicly posted on the Village website under “Village Office → Public Notices / Agendas & Minutes”.

• PDFs of Regular Council minutes (e.g. August 11, 2025; October 6, 2025) are available for download from the same site.

• The project-summary page for the seniors housing build (with status updates, timeline, design concept) is on “GetIntoItHarrison.ca / Seniors’ Housing Project.” Get Into It Harrison!

• News coverage and commentary (from local reporting by Fraser Valley Current and Agassiz‑Harrison Observer) provide further context and reporting on council decisions and public reaction.