Issue 11
| November 2022
Regional Board of Directors take Oath of Office, elect Board Chair and Vice-Chair The Peace River Regional District’s new Board of Directors met for the first time since the results of the Local General Election were announced in October. At the November 10 Inaugural Meeting in Dawson Creek all twelve Directors took an Oath of Office as part of the swearing-in ceremony, made before Judge Golinsky and RCMP Constable Ziemnicki. A call for nominations for Chair and Vice-Chair followed, with voting conducted by secret ballot. The Board of Directors for the PRRD and Hospital District is comprised of four Electoral Area Directors and eight Municipal Directors, with the later appointed by the councils of their respective municipalities. The PRRD is pleased to confirm the following appointments: • Board Chair: Leonard Hiebert • Vice-Chair: Dan Rose • Electoral Area Director, Area B: Jordan Kealy • Electoral Area Director, Area C: Suzanne Haab • Electoral Area Director, Area D: Leonard Hiebert • Electoral Area Director, Area E: Dan Rose • Municipal Director, District of Chetwynd: Allen Courtoreille • Municipal Director, City of Dawson Creek: Darcy Dober • Municipal Director, City of Fort St. John: Lilia Hansen • Municipal Director, City of Fort St. John: Tony Zabinsky • Municipal Director, District of Hudson’s Hope: Dave Heiberg • Municipal Director, Village of Pouce Coupe: Marcel Woodill • Municipal Director, District of Taylor: Brent Taillefer • Municipal Director, District of Tumbler Ridge: Darryl Krakowka
Photo courtesy of Dave Lueneberg Top row from left: Director Rose, Director Dober, Director Hiebert, Director Taillefer, Director Kealy, Director Hieberg, Director Zabinsky Bottom row from left: Director Krakowa, Director Haab, Director Hansen, Director Courtorielle, Director Woodill
The PRRD will be working with the Regional Board in the coming weeks to announce alternates and update the public with Electoral Area Director profiles. An overview of the current Board of Directors is available on the Regional District’s website at prrd.bc.ca.
$30 million tourism fund from the Province now accepting grant applications
Destination Development stream.
In February 2021, in response to the pandemic and through StrongerBC, the Province provided $20 million for 54 projects specifically for tourism through the first round of the 2021 Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program’s (CERIP)
In February of this year, the Province announced that it would be investing an additional $30 million over the next two years to continue investing in tourism infrastructure throughout
Next PRRD Board eetings:
British Columbia, via the Destination Development Fund. The Province is now accepting grant applications to the Destination Development Fund until December 7, 2022. The fund will award grants across two streams, up to $1 million and up to $500,000 per project, respectively. Eligible organizations include local governments, Indigenous governments, development organizations and not-for-profit organizations. The PRRD signaled the opening of the tourism grant in its latest Grant Opportunities Newsletter, a subscription offered through the Grant Writer Services program. The Regional District is encouraging all community groups and not-for-profit organizations in the Peace region to sign up for the monthly newsletter at prrd.bc.ca/services/grants. More information on the Destination Development Fund can be found at gov.bc.ca.
November 24, 2022 10:00am | Facebook Live, Dawson Creek
Join the Discussion Engage in the active consultations happening in the Peace River Regional District.
December 9, 2022 (Friday) 10:00am | Facebook Live, Dawson Creek
To view board and committee meeting dates and agendas, visit: prrd.bc.ca/agendas-minutes/
Peace River Regional District Official Page
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