There is still a chance to save the Co-Op. On Saturday, February 14th, at the George Dawson Inn, there will be a forum for anyone who is interested in seeing the Co-Op stay open.
The closing date of the Co-Op has been extended. The store will close on April 22nd. Possibly for renovations.
http://www.vimeo.com/3166784
The original version.
The Dawson Creek Co-Op Mall from Dean Noble on Vimeo.
Dawson Creek Co-Op
After 82 years, the Co-Op Mall in Dawson Creek is closing down. The final day is April the 6th, so there is still time to stock up on your favourites. There is still the Co-Op gas bar, and the newer Co-Op hardware complex is still open. The Dawson Creek version of the Co-Op opened in the 1920s. In theory, the Co-Op has been in operation and cooperation since the 1920s, but in reality these C0-Ops are an extension of the agrarian bartering cooperatives that have been in existence since the Medieval times.
Some very close and dear friends of mine work at the Co-Op especially my friend ****** who gave me this camera which made it possible to make this documentary. I have known her for a long time. This store sells vacuum packed Romaine lettuce. This really makes a difference in pristine freshness and quality. On Saturday, February 14, from 1pm to 4pm, there is a forum at the George Dawson Inn. Anyone who is interested in saving the Co-Op should go there. Co-Ops are an integral part of any basic archetypal farming community just like silos are an integral part of any barn. It could be that it is the powerful, albeit mostly benign forces that be of this town who have reached an in-house, in-camera, war room consensus that the Co-Op should be closed and orders have been enacted from above. In that case, then if things could be expected to turn out like things usually turn out in this small town, everything will be OK<=
This is the other Co-Op store. The aforementioned newer Co-Op hardware store. The Co-Op stores started in Saskatchewan where the headquarters is, and is across Canada.
Paul Blart Mall Cop. Paul Blart Mall Co-Op.
Good old YouTube.
__________________________________________________________________
