Recently - Bev Pemberton (President of the Station House Gallery) sent an 2 part election questionaire to myself (and I presume to the other 13 Williams Lake City Council candidates and the 3 WL Mayoralty candidates)
The Questions were:
1. Do you support the relocation of the Station House building? Please explain.
2. Please describe how you will support Arts and Culture in our community if you are elected
Earlier this morning, I was pleased to respond with the following
1) As per the City’s Official Community Plan
– I support the move of the Station House Gallery but I would like to see a
position paper on this topic that has multiple sites under consideration to
ensure the very best site is selected. It is clear that the present
location of the Station House Gallery can no longer support its’ needs however
I would not be in favour of physically moving the Station House Gallery
building itself, from its’ current location, as it has been identified as being
a heritage building in the City of Williams Lake and we need to preserve this
building for future generations and moving it would be contrary to the heritage
designation, in my view
2) As most know – we have an established
Cariboo Regional District Function called “Central Cariboo Arts and
Culture”. Further, there is a management contract between the new Central
Cariboo Arts & Culture Society (CCACS) and the Cariboo Regional District to
manage the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Function. The CCACS is
strategically positioned to know what their members’ needs for the local Arts
and Culture sector are and I would expect that if they require support (either
political, financial or other) that they’ll let the members of the Central
Cariboo Joint Committee (City of WL Council &CRD Directors’ for Areas D, E
and F) know and that is where I would take my direction. Other than that,
I’m very much looking forward to when the CCACS is able to report out on a
Strategic Vision that speaks to a sustainable Central Cariboo Arts and Culture
sector, plans for a Performing Arts facility (given the precarious state of
Glendale Elementary, namely no guarantee it won’t close) and also support for
our local Arts/Culture Facilities – like the Station House Gallery, the Central Cariboo
Arts Centre, the local Museum and the Scout Island Nature Centre.
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