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Solar Power Rainwater

Rainwater Capture
& Re-use
EV EV BOAT

Fertilizer Compost
Grid Backup
Materials Salt Marsh
Habitat Creation
Food
EV BUS

Soil
Conditioner
Tidal Power Seawater Ocean Heat Recovered Ocean
Pump Cooling Balance

3.5 Restaurant and Café 3.6 Book Store and Gift Shop
PODS will house both the GastroPod Restau- Visitors will be able to peruse and purchase
rant, and a café where visitors can grab a quick sustainable, educational, and environmentally
snack. Menus will feature OceanWise and sustainable cui- conscientious goods that include educational children’s
sine, in Pacifi c Northwest and Mediterranean styles. Ingre- books, identifi cation guides, novels by local authors, stuffed
dients will be sourced locally where possible, and beer and animals representing local critters, educational toys, and
wine selections will feature offerings from BC vineyards pottery and jewelry made by local artisans. We will high-
and microbreweries. Periodic festivals will highlight sea- light sustainable and locally-made goods that connect
sonal ingredients, and wine and beer tastings will promote visitors with their natural surroundings and provide a
up-and-coming brewers from around the Sunshine Coast. long-lasting reminder of their experiences at PODS.

3.7 Transportation Amenities 3.8 Environmental Protection Unit
PODS will have 50 on-site underground parking Due to increased commercial and recreational
spaces, with additional parking lots off-site. We boating activity in Pender Harbour, the risk of
will operate a seasonal electric boat shuttle service from an oil spill incident in local waters is also increasing. PODS
Madeira Park, and a year-round land shuttle service from will address the lack of locally-available spill equipment by
the top of Garden Bay Rd. We will also operate a 22-seater building a self-contained Environmental Protection Unit at
electric bus, which will be used both as a community shut- the entrance to Pender Harbour. A building will house spill
tle for Pender Harbour residents and as a tour bus to allow response booms, sorbents, and associated equipment, and
PODS visitors to more easily explore our vibrant community we will maintain a work boat capable of assisting in a rapid
without a personal vehicle. initial response to an incident.

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