Charity provides to purchase land from Metro Vancouver, which plans a regional park and in a single day tent tenting at Cape Roger Curtis.
Not way back the Bowen Island Conservancy can be overjoyed by a uncommon donation of $500 right here, $1,000 there.
It bought by because of small fundraisers and other people volunteering their time. In 2022, the conservancy even requested lifetime members to revert to paying the annual $10 membership payment ($15 for households) as a income generator.
It wanted the cash as a result of since 2013, when it raised $1,400 greater than it spent and had belongings of $32,773.67, the conservancy hadn’t been taking in sufficient income to fulfill bills.
“We have to determine methods to elevate more cash,” was a repeat assertion with minor variations within the minutes for annual common conferences (AGMs).
Owen Plowman, president of the Bowen Island Conservancy, stated on Friday he couldn’t remark as a result of the conservancy hasn’t heard again from Metro relating to its provide.
“I’m positive you perceive that the problem is delicate and we’d wish to get hold of their response earlier than we talk about it additional or make any public remark,” Plowman stated.
The waterfront land in query, Cape Roger Curtis, is 24 parcels that Metro paid $40 million for in Could, with plans to create a 97-hectare day use park that additionally permits in a single day tent tenting.
In its provide to Metro, the conservancy stated there’s “overwhelming public opposition to the park as at the moment proposed, specifically with respect to tenting.”