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Members of the Penticton branch of the Royal Canadian Legion voted Monday to start negotiations to relocate.

They are looking at leaving their Martin Street spot to move to 257 Brunswick Street, former home of the Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans Unit 97 Club, also known as the ANAVETS Club. The lease would cost the legion less at the new location.

"Most of it is monetary, but the ANAVETS is a military organization as well, so it's the same sort of feeling. It just makes sense," said Sandy Schwartz, who currently works at the Legion. 

She said the vote at Monday's meeting was heavily in favour of beginning negotiations. The decision to move would mean the Legion needed to leave Martin Street this spring, but no specific timeline is in place yet. 

"It has to go through negotiations then it has to come back to the membership and they have to vote at that point," Schwartz said, meaning nothing is set in stone.

The Penticton ANAVETS club was shuttered earlier this year after allegations of theft and dissolution of the club's management.