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Columbia basin trust grant money spread evenly

Creston councillors did their best to spread around Columbia Basin grant money throughout the Creston Valley.


This is how councillor Karen Unruh (un-rah) sums up the final recommendations for C-B-T community initiative program funding.

All 34 of this year’s applications from local organizations will receive money.

Unruh (un-rah) says this was achieved through a “Give a bit here, take a bit from there” process.


Town council was allocated just over 75-thousand dollars for this year – which was about 11-thousand shy of the amount requested.

The largest grants are earmarked for the Canadian Red Cross, Valley community services and Creston and District society for community living.

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