Creston Town Council recommended approved of grants totaling $73,084 to 38 organizations and projects at the April 24 regular meeting.
The funding is Creston’s allocation of the Community Initiatives Program 2018 pool of funds from the Columbia Basin Trust. The grants become official when confirmed by the Regional District of Central Kootenay this month.
Recipients are: Boswell Memorial Hall Society ($964); Community Arts Council of Creston ($2,321); Cresteramics Society ($3,257); Creston & District Historical & Museum Society ($1,500); Creston & District Society for Community Living ($2,000); Creston Curling Club ($750); Creston Kids Outside Society ($850); Creston Lions Club ($1,643); Creston Pet Adoption and Welfare Society ($1,200); Creston Valley 4H Club ($800); Creston Valley Blossom Festival Association ($4,999); Creston Valley Figure Skating Club ($1,500); Creston Valley Food Action Coalition Society ($2,000); Creston Valley Gymnastics Club ($2,967); Creston Valley Little League Association ($3,279); Creston Valley Music Teachers’ Association ($2,321); Creston Valley Public Art Connections Society ($5,321); Creston Valley Regional Airport Society ($643); Fields Forward Society ($853); Fields Forward Society ($778); Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC ($2,214); Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society ($700); Friends of Kootenay Lake Stewardship Society ($350); Health Arts Society ($1,929); Horse Association of Central Kootenay ($429); KBRH Health Foundation ($250); Kootenay Columbia Discovery Centre Society ($4,552); Kootenay Regional Association for Community Living ($4,999); Kuskanook Harbour Society ($1,857); Nelson CARES Society ($143); Nelson Fine Art Centre Society ($43); Quilts 4 Kids ($750); Starbelly Jam Society ($1,057); Trails for Creston Valley Society ($1,500); Valley Community Services Society ($4,999); West Creston Fall Fair Society ($4,643); West Kootenay Eco Society ($57); and SQx Dance Company ($2,666).
In other Town Council news:
• A request from the 55+ BC Senior Games Society for a council discretionary grant was denied, the Society will be advised to apply for Community Initiatives Program funding in the future.
• Colin Farynowski, Manager of Engineering, outlined the Town’s plan this year to spend the budgeted $496,000 on road restoration. The bulk of the funds will go to a tendered micro-surfacing program bid of $355,000 to West-Can Seal Coating Inc., which has done work in Creston previously.
• The Five Year Financial Plan Bylaw, a provincial requirement, was adopted, and the 2018 Tax Rates Bylaw was given first second and third readings.
Note: complete Town Council meeting minutes, agendas and packages, including those for the Committee of the Whole, can be found on the Town’s website, creston.ca, and clicking on the red Agendas and Minutes button.
