Yes! Our building runs on a 100-panel, 38.5kW rooftop solar array (with more panels planned) and a site-wide geothermal well system that provides process heating and cooling directly to our lens-manufacturing equipment — including our alloy blockers, polishing chillers, and anti-reflective coating chambers.

Absolutely. Using precision measurement devices and diamond-tipped CNC equipment, we craft customized aspheric and progressive lenses tailored to your personal fit — all surfaced right here at our own lab, Independent Lenses, in Vernon.

Yes, free on-site and street parking.

We accommodate same-day/urgent appointments for things like sudden vision changes, eye injuries, or flashes/floaters. Call 250-542-4217 and explain your urgent condition. If outside of office hours or for emergency care, please visit your nearest hospital emergency room.

We direct-bill to most major providers.

Yes. Vernon Optometry has seven optometrists on staff — Dr. Meghan Ashton, Dr. Mike Rowe, Dr. Amanda Farley, Dr. Samantha Laudinsky, Dr. Conrad Mann, Dr. Bethany Ringel, and Dr. Phillip Shrimpton. You can request a specific doctor when booking.

We are on the ground floor, doors are powered with buttons, an accessible washroom, and exam lanes specifically configured to accommodate wheelchairs.

You can book online through our website, call us at 250-542-4217, or email reception@vernonoptometry.ca.

Please bring your health card, current glasses or contacts, insurance information, and a list of any medications you're taking.

We accept walk-ins for frame adjustments, contacts, or to browse the frame gallery. We can also accommodate urgent/rush lens replacements.