- CA-BC-HR016
- Person
- fl. 1950s-
Richard Heine was a hotelier and real estate developer who lived in Whistler in the 1970s and 1980s. In [the 1950s or 1960s] in Vancouver, Richard met his wife, Julianna Poltak, who had immigrated to Canada from Slovakia in 1950 with her son, Lester Poltak. Richard and Julianna married and had a daughter, Catherine. In 1973, the family relocated to Whistler from Vancouver. Subsequently, they formed Telemark Enterprises, a construction development company. The family lived on Alta Lake in an area known affectionately as "Heineville". In the 1970s, Richard belonged to the Whistler Television Society, which helped maintain the site of the TV antenna on Sproatt Mountain and collected a fee from members to help fund the television service in Whistler. He was also a member of the Alta Lake District Ratepayers' Association (ALDRA) and the Whistler Rotary Club. In 1995, Richard and Julianna built and operated the Holiday Inn Express in Kamloops, BC for ten years, now known as the Hospitality Inn. Richard passed away in the 1990s, and the Whistler Rotary Club set up a fund and scholarship in his name for students looking to enter the trades.