CBT Funding to Community Groups 2012: The Results for Nelson
Nelson City Council spent three arduous hours Monday night dividing dollars among community organizations that had applied for this year’s Community Initiatives Funding. Fifty-two organizations applied, and 27 were successful although many of those did not get the amount they requested.
“The most difficult part of this is that we have so many good projects and we never have enough money,” said Councillor Deb Kozak at the end of the meeting, referring to the fact that the $126,445 available to Council was a little under half of the total of requests from community groups.
The funds don’t come from Nelson taxpayers, but from the Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), which annually doles out grant funding to municipalities and regional districts, who in turn distribute it among local non-profit projects. This year the CBT gave a total of $1,280,359 to communities across the region.
The following grants are the result of the organizations’ written applications, their two-minute presentations to Council, a ranking done by each Council member in private, and Monday night’s long deliberations. The Cultural Development Commission adjudicated the arts-related applications, although Council in come cases second-guessed the Commission’s recommendations.
Organization and Project
Granted
Requested
Chamber of Commerce, for Visitor Gateway and Business Opportunity Centre
$37,000
$38,000
Royal Canadian Legion, for renovations
$14,000
$15,000
Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skate Park
$10,000
$30,000
Arts Council, for ArtWalk 2012
$10,000
$10,000
Kootenay Literary Society, for Elephant Mountain Literary Festival
$8,000
$8,000
Nelson History Theatre, for storytelling festival
$4,999
$4,999
Canadian Red Cross, for health equipment loans depot improvement
$4,595
$4,595
Nelson Cares Society, for Hendryx St. forest garden revitalization
$4,100
$4,100
Kidsport Nelson
$4,000
$5,000
West Kootenay Ecosociety, for Cottonwood Market repairs
$3,570
$4,450
Glacier Gymnastics Club for safety mat purchase and installation
$1,434
$1,434
West Kootenay Ecosociety, for Kootenay Rideshare improvements
$4,000
$4,000
Nelson Municipal Library, for Inspiration at Your Library
$1,000
$1,000
Oxygen Art Centre, for arts education program
$1,000
$10,000
Kootenay Literary Competition, for 2012 event
$1,000
$1,000
Whitewater Racers, for ski team timing system
$750
$750
St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, for heritage picture preservation
$500
$1,050
Nelson Food Cupboard, for harvest rescue
$400
$400
West Kootenay Women’s Association, for gender action project
$250
$250
Nelson Regional Sports Council, for Civic Arena Upgrade phase 3
0
$30,000
Transition Nelson, for Good Neighbours program
0
$10,800
South Selkirk Avalanche Advisory
0
$4,999
Nelson Cycling Club, for Rosemont bike park improvements
0
$4,950
West Kootenay Social Enterprise Society, for increasing jobs in Nelson
0
$4998
Social Planning Action Network, for State of the Community
0
$4,900
Community Heritage Commission, for walking tour brochure
0
$4686
Nelson Friends of the Family
0
$4,000
High Muck a Muck Artist Collective, for Playing Chinese
0
$4,000
Slocan Solutions Society, for volunteer bureau
0
$4,000
Kootenay Animal Assistance Program, for help for senior and low income pet owners
0
$4,000
Waldorf School Parent Association, for pre-school upgrades and special needs care
0
$2,500
Nelson History Society, for play reading series
0
$2,500
Kootenay Climbing Association, for portable climbing boulder
0
$2,480
B.C. Conservation Foundation, for electric fencing and bear resistant garbage cans
0
$2,309
West Kootenay Women’s Association, for outreach program
0
$2,000
West Kootenay Ecosociety, for Kokanee Park Visitor Centre program
0
$1,500
Kootenay Swim Club
0
$1,200
West Kootenay Brain Injury Association, for Reachout Community Parnership
0
$1,200
Balfour Recreation Commission, for beginners golf program
0
$1,163
Kaslo Area Youth Council, for antique motorcycle website
0
$750
Guiding Hands Recreation Society, for wilderness immersion child bursary fund
0
$695
Silverwing Ecological Consulting, for Kootenay Bat Project
0
$250