Several Lakes District organizations were awarded funding at the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako鈥檚 most recent regular board meeting.
On Feb. 20, directors authorized grants-in-aid to the following groups:
鈥� Fort St. James Secondary School ($1,000 for a Grade 12 bursary);
鈥� Fort St. James Sled Dog Association ($2,500 for costs associated with the Caledonia Classic Dog Sled Races);
鈥� Fraser Lake Elementary Secondary Senior Girls Basketball ($2,500 to help defray the cost of attending zone finals in Bella Coola, and provincial finals in Lumby);
鈥� Southside Economic Development Association ($1,758.39 to purchase meeting room chairs and a cart);
鈥� Grassy Plains Elementary Junior Secondary School ($3,000 to defray the cost of a school field trip to Edmonton, where students will visit to the Mayfield Theatre, planetarium, Imax Theatre, and Alberta Gallery of the Arts);
鈥� Southside Seniors Housing Society ($5,000 to help pay for design of the seniors鈥� housing complex); and
鈥� Search & Rescue Teams of Bulkley-Nechako ($29,536 for the purchase of mapping technology and software for all SAR teams in the regional district).
The board also approved $2,500 contributions from the regional district鈥檚 economic development budget to the Western Canada Mountain Bike Tourism Association and Community Futures Fraser Fort George.
The mountain bike tourism association will use the funds to help complete a Northern BC Mountain Bike Tourism Initiative. Money contributed to Community Futures Fraser Fort George will help implement two initiatives under the Beyond the Market regional agriculture knowledge network proposal.
