Osoyoos Rotary Club - October 25, 2012

The Curling Fellowship event on Saturday was a huge success! There are many people that want to put more teams in for next year as it is great practice for Ladies and Mens Curling for the season kickoff.

The Walk for the Eradication of Polio was also a great success with all 100 handouts being taken. 7 Rotarians met at the Osoyoos Elementary School and next walked down main street to raise awareness.

Today's speaker was Eric Van Maren the developer for Osoyoos Cottages. Eric and his brother Bernie own the Van Maren Group of Companies, which has been active in all aspects of the real estate industry since 1973.  They have been involved in the design, construction and development of over 20,000 homes in BC, Ontario, Washington State and California. Since 2004 Van Maren has completed 3 residential projects with a total of 460 homes on reserve land, and are currently building The Cottages on Osoyoos Lake, a 284 home development on 70 Acres of Osoyoos Indian Band land.  All homes in the lower level will have easy access to the beach and the hillside homes will have exceptional views. Eric and his wife, Marion, have 6 children and live in Chilliwack.