Kelowna realtors campaign to slow down speeders

As a Kelowna, B.C., realtor, putting up signs is simply a large portion of Taryn O’Donohue’s day-to-day life, but connected Thursday she’s trading her for-sale signs for thing other she is passionate astir — neighbourhood safety.

“It’s benignant of an inaugural that came to fruition seeing and proceeding speeding successful each neighbourhood,” said O’Donohue.

So, she’s decided to bash thing astir it. She’s partnered with section realtor Cory Alexander to print, physique and present 100 “Slow down! Kids playing” signs to radical who requested 1 from her.

“So, I posted it successful 3 antithetic West Kelowna Facebook groups and I got 97 replies retired of the 100 wrong six to 8 hours,” said O’Donohue.

Together, they are distributing the signs this week and are already readying different printing.

“We person young families, we person young children and [O’Donohue] thought, if we request this, possibly different radical bash too. So we ordered a full clump and the feedback and enthusiasm has been overwhelming,” said Alexander.

Donna Howarth is 1 of the radical who jumped astatine the accidental to marque her thoroughfare safer.

“We person speeders that spell done here, we person kids walking to schoolhouse coming location from school, playing connected weekends we person a 30 km motion saying there’s a playground and they each bash 50,” said Howarth.

Because astatine the extremity of the day, making definite kids person a harmless spot to play is simply a priority.

“Somebody is going to get hit,” said Howarth.

The archetypal tally of signs has been truthful palmy that the existent property squad volition beryllium doing different printing soon.