Kimberley Daily Bulletin, April 10, 2015

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FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2015

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Making money on hockey

Can Kimberley attract hockey tournaments from Alberta to help pay for arena operations? C AROLYN GR ANT

It is a fact that most municipalities operate their recreation facilities at a loss. Arenas and aquatic centres are facilities most residents expect to have, yet they do not generate much income. In Kimberley, says Mayor Don McCormick, the Marysville Arena is subsidized by the city by about $125,000 per year and the Civic Centre is close to $200,000. “We spend a lot more over the revenue the arenas bring in,” he said. “Certain facilities will never make money, but they are amenities you need to have.” But just up the highway in Canal Flats, the community is making money by hosting hockey tournaments for teams from Alberta. At Wednesday’s brown bag lunch with the Mayor, the question was asked why Kimberley couldn’t do the same thing. “It is certainly something we can pursue,” McCormick said. “In fact we are pursuing it. Canal Flats opened a lot of eyes. I talked to the Mayor and was told $60,000 was generated in these tournaments. That’s significant money. It could cut one of our deficits in half.” Canal Flats turns away tournament requests, McCormick said so the market is there. The City Manager of Parks and Recreation is working with Tourism Kimberley in putting packages together which would include accommodation along with ice time. “We hope we can start marketing in late summer,” McCormick said. McCormick said marketing doesn’t have to just be to Calgary teams. It could go as far as Edmonton because as long as it’s a day trip to get to Kimberley, teams will travel.

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Kimberley archers had success at the recent B.C. Indoor Championships in Oliver April 3 to 5. Competing were Jess Dekkers, Vladimir Kopecky, silver, Jessica Krevenchuk, gold, and Jason Dekkers, silver.

Flowers for Marysville too C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

If the city buys flower baskets for the Platzl, shouldn’t they buy them for Marysville as well? That question was brought up at the Mayor’s lunch on Wednesday. It was pointed out that a great deal of Kimberley’s tourist traffic arrives from the south and most stop in Marysville to take a walk to the falls,

and hanging baskets on the main street would make it much more attractive. That was fair comment, said Mayor Don McCormick. “When we think of Kimberley retail business we tend to think of the Platzl only but Marysville has quietly become quite vibrant. There aren’t a lot of vacant buildings and there are some interesting businesses.”

The problem is not that the City doesn’t want to buy hanging baskets for Marysville, the problem is how to water them, McCormick said. The Platzl baskets are watered with an automatic watering system which was installed when the Platzl revitalization was done. Because the revitalization was partially paid for by businesses, the watering system

was as well. The City also has a small tractor which waters planters in the downtown core but it would take a great deal of time to get it down to Marysville and back every day. McCormick said the City would be happy to purchase flowers but at this point the only way to water them would be for volunteers to step up.

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