HERITAGE LEGACY FUND

New Projects

The Board of the Heritage Legacy Fund of B.C. Society approved $110,000 in grants at its most recent meeting on April 8 2009. This latest round takes the grant total past $1 million since the program was launched four years ago. There has now been 77 grants, averaging over $13,000, going to 49 communities.

The Heritage Legacy Fund society board meets two or three times a year to review applications. There is no deadline – applications are accepted at any time.
» www.heritagelegacyfund.ca

2009
Victoria Heritage Foundation:

This Old House, Volume 4 ($10,00)

Okanagan Falls Heritage and Museum Society: Bassett House

Signage & Brochures ($654) and Roof Replacement ($2,760)

St. Michael and All Angels Anglican Church, Saanich

Exterior Repainting ($2,750)

Church of Our Lord: National Historic Site, Victoria

Repairs to Rose Window ($9,114)

Regional District of Central Kootenay: Ainsworth Wharf

Repairs ($25,000)

BC Forest Discovery Centre: Samson #25

Wheel Replacement ($14,165)

District of Wells: Historic Fire Hall

Repairs ($25,000)

Cumberland United Church

Roof and Exterior Repairs ($10,761)

2008

Kelowna: Heritage Driving Tour

The City of Kelowna was awarded $5,457 to updating their Heritage Driving Tour brochure.  The revised version will be in full colour, with lots of new information.  The tour covers the City’s most significant heritage resources which include buildings, heritage sites, and historic neighbourhoods.

Delta Heritage Passport

A grant of $3,267 was approved for the Corporation of Delta to assist with production costs for Delta Heritage Passport:  Volume II, part of a guide series to the historic regions of the District.  The second volume will focus on the Annieville, Sunbury and Kennedy areas of this agricultural and industrial community.  The first volume of the Passport won a Heritage BC Outstanding Achievement Award for the Delta Heritage Advisory Commission in 2008.
» Awards: Delta Heritage Passport

North Pacific Cannery

The Port Edward Historical Society manages the North Pacific Cannery, designated a National Historic Site in 1987.  A grant of $10,000, the maximum under the Awareness Program, will be a substantial contribution toward a $35,000 budget to research, develop, fabricate and install a set of interpretive sign panels.

Victoria Inner Harbour

The first Conservation grant was awarded to the City of Victoria, which will receive $25,000, the program maximum, to reproduce a number of ornamental street lights on Victoria’s Inner Harbour.  An unusual request, the project was supported because the lights were considered important missing elements in the Inner Harbour district, identified by the capital city as one of their most important historic precincts.

Stanley Park Hollow Tree

Another maximum grant of $25,000 went to the recently-formed Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society in Vancouver.  The group is dedicated to saving the iconic tree which was condemned by the Park Board last year, despite its listing on the Vancouver Heritage Register.

Holy Family Catholic Church, Fernie

The Holy Family Catholic Church in Fernie received a $25,000 grant.  The stewards of this prominent historic landmark have developed a four-stage Conservation Plan, and Phase I, dealing with the interior, was completed four years ago.  Phase two, the subject of the current grant, involves replacing the roof.

Visit the Heritage Legacy Fund website
» www.heritagelegacyfund.ca