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THE SOUTH SHUSWAP SCOOP
NOVEMBER 2020
Cedar Heights Community Association
A gym, curling rink, restaurant and pool planned for Cedar Heights in 1975 By Shaunne Letourneau What’s the same? VOLUNTEERS, The old saying that “the more things VOLUNTEERS, VOLUNTEERS. change, the more they remain the same” The organization and its programs certainly has some applicability to Cedar and events then and now are volunHeights Community Association. A reteer based – from the original work view of minutes of the early days of the bees during the original construction Association was a fun trip down and most recent renovation of the memory lane and uncovered many simibuilding and grounds to the coordilarities (and a few differences) between nators for the various social activithe early days of the Association and toties. The same use of member volunday. teers is essential to the life and Early history of CHCA. The Assohealth of the organization and its ciation received its Certificate of Regiscontribution to life in our communiCedar Heights Development Corp building - original tration from BC Registrar in September ty today. 1974. Meetings were originally held at What’s different? As membership the Show Home for the Cedar Heights has grown, we’ve become more soDevelopment Company. Original plans phisticated in identifying members for the Centre included a gym, curling able to volunteer. Today our memrink, restaurant and meeting rooms. bers identify areas where they are Construction of a swimming pool was willing and able to help on their analso investigated. If only this had come nual membership form. Use of a datrue! tabase then allows event or activity The final plan was a 2-story building organizers to specifically target 40 X 55 feet. Community activities were their requests for help to interested to occur on the 1st floor and Cedar members. Over 75% of members toHeights Development Corporation day identify areas where they are would lease 2nd floor offices. willing to help with everything from Gordon Chandler, President of the administration to program leaders to Development Corporation, was instruspring and fall clean-up work bees. mental in funding of the original Centre, Another thing that hasn’t changed Cedar Heights Playground under construction donating in excess of $50,000 cash is support from local businesses. It (that’s $241,500 today) for the construchas been a constant over the life of tion of the Centre and also paid utilities for the first years. the organization. Lakeview Contracting did the original cement, Official opening of the building was December 1976 and in framing and windows at cost. As noted above the Cedar Heights March 1977 the Cedar Heights Development Corporation donat- Development Company provided both leadership and financial ed the building and 9 acres to the Association for $1. Originally support during the formative years. Today businesses such as the grounds included a playground and ball diamond that were Village Grocers, Nico’s Nurseryland, Lessard Excavating and developed by CHCA. This parcel of land was later transferred to Gravel Sales, Spark Electric, and Stump Grinder are a few of the CSRD for ongoing maintenance. Today the property is about 7 local businesses providing ongoing support to the Association in acres. a variety of ways. (Continued on page 25)
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