By David F. Rooney
All but one of the 39 groups that sought funding from the Columbia Basin Trust’s Affected Areas and Community Initiatives Program are assured of at least partial funding for their projects.
The only group that failed to receive any assured funding was the Stoke FM Radio Society’s novel proposal to set up a community FM radio station. It had sought $5,000. However, it does have some hope of receiving funding.
According to a recommendation from the team that evaluated all 39 of the applications for funding, the Stoke FM Radio Society could receive $2,000 in funding if it fulfills two conditions:
- it must obtain an FM broadcast licence from the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission; and
- it must submit a completed business plan prior to December 31.
That money comes from a 2010 project that returned $2,000 to the CBT on March 8 — too late to be included in the 2011 funding recommendations.
The proposed funding allocations were unveiled at City Council’s meeting as a Committee of the Whole (CoW) on Tuesday. The CoW meeting allows the mayor and councillors to discuss issues and move them forward to the formal Council meetings where they are formally adopted — or rejected. These funding recommendations are unlikely to be rejected at next week’s Council meeting.
Here is a list of the projects and their funding outcomes:
- Nordic Ski Club: purchase a snowmobile and to-behind track setter — total budget, $19,450 — amount requested, $18,640 — funds recommended, $8,242
- Revelstoke Acrobats Club: replace two 25-year-old trampolines with new ones — total budget, $19,800 — amount requested, $14,800 — funds recommended, $12,000
- Revekstoke Ski Club: purchase equip,ment to support on-hill athlete training and races — total budget $18,850 — amount requested, $18,850 — funds recommended, $3,500
- Revelstoke Bear Aware: program delivery — total budget, $34,700 — amount requested, $18,000 — funds recommended, $15,000
- Revelstoke Fire Rescue Service: purchase off-road equipment for emergency service work in the Draw Down Zone — total budget $42,305 — amount requested, $29,805 — funds recommended, $5,000
- Friends of Mount Revelstoke & Glacier: construction of a 1,600 square-foot, wheelchair-accessible deck by its bookstore on the summit of the mountain — total budget, $18,000 — amount requested, $5,000 — funds recommended, $5,000
- Revelstoke Golf Course: funding for a chemical-free fairway treatment program — total budget, $35,000 — amount requested, $30,000 — funds recommended, $5,000
- BC Interior Forestry Museum: program consolidation and re-visualization as forest-discovery programs — total budget, $22,000 — amount requested, $13,000 — funds recommended, $8,000
- Kootenay Carshare: membership drive and 10th anniversary celebration in Revelstoke — total budget, $4,437 — amount requested, $2,086 — funds recommended, $1,000
- North Columbia Environmental Society: offer business audits, community events, speaker series and in-school programs — total budget, $16,723 — amount requested, $14,698 — funds recommended, $10,000
- Revelstoke Fair Trade Society: host city’s second World Fair Trade Day Celebration downtown — total budget, $1,000 — amount requested, $950 — funds recommended, $950
- Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society: enhance collection and exhibit management — total budget, $33,000 — amount requested, $24,000 — funds recommended, $12,000
- Vintage Car Club of Canada: host June 4 Revelstoke Mountain Paradise Show & Shine downtown — total budget, $3,590 — amount requested, $890 — funds recommended, $890
- Revelstoke Cycling Association: mountain bike trail reconstruction on Boulder Mountain — total budget, $24,000 — amount requested, $24,000 — funds recommended, $12,000
- Stoke FM Radio Society: build a community radio station — total budget, $8,450 — amount requested, $5,000 — funds recommended, $0
- Revelstoke Museum & Archives: upgrade digitize archives — total budget, $38,500 — amount requested, $25,000 — funds recommended, $22,000
- Revelstoke Multicultural Society: celebrate ethnic diversity in our community — total budget, $7,000 — amount requested, $5,000 — funds recommended, $5,000
- Revelstoke Arts Council: increase the delivery of local arts and cultural programs — total budget, $117,500 — amount requested, $25,000 — funds recommended, $19,000
- Bygone Era Entertainment Society: hold gramophone and dance performances for seniors and others — total budget, $5,925 — amount requested, $3,500 — funds recommended, $2,000
- Revelstoke Visual Arts Society: increase office, exhibition and marketing capacity, acquire new computer — total budget, $44,500 — amount requested, $37,500 — funds recommended, $15,000
- Association des Francophones des Kootenays Ouest: present a French-language play and community supper as part of 25th anniversary of group’s existence — total budget, $8,845 — amount requested, $1,500 — funds recommended, $1,000
- Revelstoke Forest Workers Society: hold Revelstoke Timber Das LITE — total budget, $6,450 — amount requested, $2,000 — funds recommended, $2,000
- Revelstoke Community Child Care Society: provide early-learning programs — total budget, $24,000 — amount requested, $12,000 — funds recommended, $10,000
- Community Connections: delivery of youth services programs — total budget, $77,350 — amount requested, $25,000 — funds recommended, $19,000
- Canadian Avalanche Centre: delivery of in-school avalanche safety programs — total budget, $9,500 — amount requested, $4,000 — funds recommended, $4,000
- School District 19: deliver of the annual Screen Smart campaign — total budget, $3,000 — amount requested, $2,000 — funds recommended, $2,000
- Revelstoke Community Child Care Society: install appropriate play structures at Columbia Park Elementary — total budget, $24,383 — amount requested, $18,000 — funds recommended, $15,000
- Community Connections: delivery of summer day camp programs — total budget, $54,650 — amount requested, $12,000 — funds recommended, $12,000
- Okanagan College: delivery of programs for the Adult Learning Centre — total budget, $17,780 — amount requested, $15,980 — funds recommended, $5,000
- Okanagan College: community training program — total budget, $27,731 — amount requested, $12,000 — funds recommended, $10,000
- Royal Canadian Legion: installation of a wheelchair ramp and lift — total budget, $24,985 — amount requested, $14,985 — funds recommended, $12,000
- Community Connections: provide Food Bank programs — total budget, $179,000 — amount requested, $25,000 — funds recommended, $25,000
- Revelstoke Senior Citizens Association: funding for a volunteer coordinator — total budget, $12,500 — amount requested, $9,000 — funds recommended, $8,000
- City of Revelstoke: funding for the social development coordinator’s position — total budget, $50,000 — amount requested, $5,000 — funds recommended, $5,000
- Community Connections: funding for the social justice advocate position — total budget, $48,700 — amount requested, $28,200 — funds recommended, $18,000
- Canadian Canine Search and Rescue: promote growth and recruitment and acquire SAR equipment — total budget, $27,400 — amount requested, $20,000 — funds recommended, $10,000
- Revelstoke Women’s Shelter Society: funding for the Community Response Network — total budget, $11,700 — amount requested, $5,000 — funds recommended, $4,000
- Canadian Red Cross: Health Equipment Loan Program — total budget, $2,379 — amount requested, $2,379 — funds recommended, $2,379
- Revelstoke Hospice Society: increase public awareness programs, build Internet capacity and provide volunteer training — total budget $9,000 — amount requested, $9,000 — funds recommended, $8,000
Total budgets: $1,133,833
Total requested: $536,054
Total available: $333,961
As anyone familiar with the local process understands, the members of non-profit groups making presentations at the Affected Areas and Community Initiatives Program evening, held this year on March 1, vote for what they regard as the top 10 projects. All submissions are examined by an evaluation team which recommends the actual funding levels. This year’s team consisted of Dale Morehouse, Linda Chell, Adelheid Bender, Pam Doyle and Edna-Mae Johnson. Their deliberations were observed by CBT Community Liaison Lynda Lafleur.
It is worth noting that 135 people attended this year’s public presentation. The Community Connections Food Bank had the highest level of support with 75 votes on the 108 completed voting forms submitted to the evaluation team.
