Vote for the Bear River Playground

Bear River seeking playground
Voting for first stage of funding support ends in three days
by Leanne Delong/Digby Courier
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Article online since November 26th 2009, 14:09

Bear River seeking playground
Voting for first stage of funding support ends in three days
Bear River lacks swings, benches, sandboxes and other equipment to keep kids busy and a community group called Women In Rural Enterprise (WIRE) is looking to change that by getting a playground for the area.


The project is still in its early stages and WIRE president Ginny Hurlock said the group has joined the Aviva Community Fund competition in hopes of funding and support.

“We’ve got the proposal together, a couple different options we’re looking at,” she added.

People submit community ideas to the Aviva Community Fund website. Which then advance to the semi-final round taking place Dec. 2 to 16.

Winners will be announced Jan. 25 and $500,000 will be divvied between several projects.

Hurlock estimated the cost of the Bear River playground project to be around $20,000.

“This is really just a first step to make our local community aware of what we want to do,” Hurlock said in a recent interview.

A final playground design and location has yet to be decided although WIRE members are looking at three or four sites in the area.

“There really is a need for this, it’s rural development at the heart of the community. We need to start from the ground up and that starts with the youngsters,” she said.

Even if WIRE does not win the competition, it will go another route to get a playground built in the community, said Hurlock.

To vote for the playground in Bear River visit www.avivacommunityfund.org

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