{"id":55768,"date":"2021-08-09T11:14:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=55768"},"modified":"2021-08-20T18:02:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T22:02:05","slug":"summer-fundraiser-launch-to-improve-walking-and-bicycling-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/summer-fundraiser-launch-to-improve-walking-and-bicycling-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing society launches summer fundraiser to improve walking and bicycling trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cortescommunityhousing.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cortes Community Housing Society<\/a> (CHS) is launching a summer fundraiser to expand and improve the trail system in the south end of Cortes Island.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Executive Director Sandra Wood explained the fundraiser\u2019s goal is $80,000. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The money will be used for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Planning the trail route<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clearing undergrowth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating level pathways<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Installing culverts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating signage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tree limbing and maintenance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Firewood production<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Building park benches<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CHS places an emphasis on generating local economic development and hopes to hire local tradespeople and craftspeople, and use primarily lumber from Community Forest and on-island mills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trail improvements will include<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An east-west segment from Manson\u2019s Hall to the Health Center<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bypass of part of the Rainbow Ridge logging road which will be decommissioned once housing construction begins<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aligning the entrance from Cemetery Road to be across from the Siskin Lane trails entrance and raise it to avoid mud in the winter<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ultimately, a continuous connection of Smelt Bay to Manson\u2019s Landing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide pedestrians and bicyclists a safer alternative to the road, thereby increasing foot and bike traffic and decreasing automobile usage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All donations will receive a 2021 Canadian charitable receipt from the CISS\u2013Housing Committee. You can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/charities\/cortes-island-seniors-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">donate online now by clicking here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or by sending a cheque to the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cortes Island Seniors Society\u2013Housing Committee (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PO BOX 27. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mansons Landing, BC, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">V0P 1K0).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two exciting events with prizes will also be announced in the next few weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the meantime, CHS will continue to work with architects and engineers to successfully reapply for BC Housing\u2019s Community Housing Fund, likely in 2022, to begin work on the Rainbow Ridge housing units.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cortes Community Housing Society (CHS) is launching a summer fundraiser to expand and improve the trail system in the south end of Cortes Island. Executive Director Sandra Wood explained the fundraiser\u2019s goal is $80,000. The money will be used for: Planning the trail route Clearing undergrowth Creating level pathways Installing culverts Creating signage Tree&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":55771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,2602],"tags":[8663,1579,8657,6095],"radio":[252],"origine":[280,266,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55768"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=55768"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=55768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}