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Legion receives federal grant Renovations should start in the next two to three months By Lauren Collins Renovations to the dated Cloverdale Legion will be going forward in the coming months. The legion applied for the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program, which is part of Canada’s 150th anniversary celebration. The program is for projects that “celebrate our shared heritage, create jobs, and improve the quality of life for Canadians,” according to the website. The federal government program plans to invest $150 million over two years (with $46.3 million in Western Canada) to support projects that rehabilitate existing community facilities, including legions. Strong preference will be given to projects that are undertaking meaningful upgrades to existing cultural and community facilities; upgrades that will provide long-term benefits to a community, will be viewed with pride by a community and are recognized as a lasting legacy from Canada 150. Glenn Thomsen, the chairman of the legion’s building renovation committee, said he was told about the grant by city councillor Dave Woods.
Thomsen said the legion had done a survey of the membership, which indicated that the members wanted to stay at their current location, and use some of their reserve fund to “renovate and modernize the building.” Thomsen said with the mail-out survey to the legion’s 1,800 members, they learned that 67 per cent of the respondents wanted to stay at the location, while using 50 per cent of their own building reserve money. “So with that in mind, and this government grant coming out, we applied for a grant. We had a budget of $310,000 and the grant basically allowed for the federal government to fund 50 per cent of the total budget of the renovation.” In the end, the budget was altered a bit because of some “ineligible renovations” that wasn’t accepted, according to Thomsen. “The total budget was reduced to $304,00 and hence the federal government’s grant is $152,000.” The way the grant is structured means Branch 6 must spend its portion of the budget first, which they can start anytime, but the federal government money isn’t available until See MODERN DECOR / Page 3
Portables for Katzie The elementary school got five portables over the summer holidays in order to keep up with the growing population By Lauren Collins Katzie Elementary, which opened in April of 2014, already has five new portables. The portables were added over the summer to accommodate the new students. Built to ease the overcrowding in the area, Katzie Elementary at 6887 194A Street was the largest school in the district based on capacity when it opened. On opening day, the school had 475 students, but by last September, there were 580 students. Now going into the 2015/2016 school year, Katzie Elementary is anticipating about 650 stuSee MORE STUDENTS / Page 6
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