The City of New Westminster is interested in mapping out the city's cultural offerings.
The city will explore partnerships with Douglas College and the New Westminster Arts Council in applying for the B.C. Creative Communities Grant for a cultural mapping project. Subject to receiving a provincial grant, the city would fund up to 25 per cent of a cultural mapping project budget (to a maximum of $10,000) in the form of a grant to a community sponsor organization.
"This is an opportunity the arts commission felt we just couldn't pass up," said Coun. Bill Harper.
According to the 2010 Legacies Now website, cultural mapping is a process of collecting, recording, analyzing and synthesizing information in order to define the cultural resources, networks, links and patterns of a community.
STUDENT HOUSING
The Justice Institute of New Westminster is interested in exploring accommodations for its future students.
Michel Tarko, president of the Justice Institute of B.C., appeared before council recently to discuss the education facility's strategic plans and future programs. He noted that the Justice Institute hopes to explore the potential of a residence for students taking programs at its New Westminster campus in the years to come, as out-of-town students are often accommodated through homestays.
Tarko said the Justice Institute will be interested with working with the City of New Westminster in the future to see how it moves forward with student housing.
"There was an evaluation in terms of the property itself," he said. "In terms of preparing a business case, we are not there yet."
