CELEBRATING OVER 20 YEARS OF RICHER NEWS!
Volume 21 Issue 10
March 2019
Richer Community Club Involved in Major “Cover Up”
For the past few years, the Richer Community Club (RCC) board of directors has been working behind the scenes on a project that would see the outdoor rink covered making it more appealing to the community and region as weather would play a smaller part in affecting events and make it available to a larger variety of activities. At first, the project valued at $350,000, seemed daunting for a community of a few hundred but the community club set out a plan and is now in the final stretch of raising the needed funds. To date, the Richer Community Club has secured $230,800 in cash commitment and $55,600 of inkind labour and material for a total of $286,400. “We are working on the final $70,000 needed for this project,” says Dan Guetre, a director on the community club. “To date, there is no commitment from the provincial level and this is a project where their commitment would give them a real ‘bang for their buck’.”
ed plumbing and electrical, the playground structure, handicap Most infrastructure projects of structure, rodeo bleachers, the seating for the rodeo, the second this scope have a minimum of completed rodeo arena, the tim- timber frame stage that is mobile, 2/3 (66%) offered by the province ber frame concert stage, upgrad- new front gates and more. and federal government which translates to over $200,000 for a project this size. Last August, the province asked groups to submit their written requests in an Expression of Interest. The Richer Community Club took up the offer and sent a request in detailing the project. “We have gone beyond ‘the bare minimum’ of fundraising,” says Guetre. “We do not need a large commitment from the provincial government… for a much smaller commitment they will partner with a project that will benefit the region and leave them with money to help other projects come to light.” Currently Guetre says the RCC is not sitting idle. They are still actively seeking other avenues of funding and are optimistic that the outdoor rink area can be covered this summer adding to the successful completion of many other projects in recent years such as the Trading Post picnic