Where are all the food trucks in Nanaimo?
NANAIMO — Food truck operators on Vancouver Island know where to go to make money — and for now, it appears, Nanaimo isn’t on that map.
There was excitement and buzz earlier this year surrounding newly created bylaws, specially designed to attract more food trucks to the harbour city and make it easier for them to operate and be successful.
However, Nelda Richardson, the city’s manger of support services and business licensing, says only six licenses have been issued this year. One for a food truck, four for trailers and one for a food cart.
She says there’s a bit of disappointment in those numbers from the city’s perspective, as they would have liked to have seen more.