The CRD and CRHD Boards approved amended provisional Financial Plans for 2021 at the October 28th Committee of the Whole and Board meetings. Preliminary budget documents are available online for review and public feedback is encouraged on the proposed Financial Plans.
The CRD has acquired a 41-hectare (103-acre) parcel of land known as Mount Parke Bluffs adjacent to Mount Parke Regional Park on Mayne Island.
The Capital Regional District (CRD) has completed restoration of the Todd Creek Trestle along the Galloping Goose Regional Trail near Sooke Potholes Regional Park.
The CRD Board is awarding three Regional Housing Trust Fund grants totalling $1,665,000 to assist M’akola Housing Society and the Capital Region Housing Corporation in the construction of new affordable rental housing in Victoria and Sooke.
The Capital Regional District is developing a management plan for Mount Work Regional Park.
The CRD is developing a management plan for East Sooke Regional Park and a joint management plan for Roche Cove and Matheson Lake regional parks.
In presentations today at the CRD Traffic Safety Commission, Cassandra Olson from Belmont Secondary School was awarded the fourth annual $2,000 Cst. Sarah Beckett Memorial Scholarship.
Homeowners in the capital region have a new opportunity to take action and make their homes more climate friendly through the new Bring It Home 4 The Climate program.
The CRD, in partnership with the Community Social Planning Council and the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, today released the 2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count results.
The CRD has released a Housing and Transportation Cost Estimate Study examining combined housing and transportation costs as a measure of overall household affordability in the capital region.
The Salt Spring Island Parks and Recreation Commission (PARC) is reopening the Saturday Market in Centennial Park in Ganges with new protocols and a limited capacity for vendors and visitors.
The CRD and Sooke Electoral Area Parks and Recreation Commission are pleased to announce a new weight room and fitness studio expansion at the Leisure Complex in Sooke.
To support community health and prevent the spread of COVID-19, the CRD is reminding visitors to CRD regional and electoral area parks to demonstrate responsible use in parks and on beaches.
The CRD has finalized the sale of a warehouse property located at 836 Viewfield Road in Esquimalt for $11.1 million to “836 Viewfield Limited Partnership,” a Vancouver based real estate investor.
Seniors in Victoria will soon be able to access the long-term and dementia care they need as they move in to in a brand new long-term care home with 320 publicly funded beds.
The CRD Arts Commission has approved $167,320 in funding for 37 local not-for-profit arts organizations through the Arts & Culture Support Service.
The CRD Arts & Culture Support Service has collected preliminary data on the impact of COVID-19 on funded organizations in the areas of staffing, programming and finances.
Students across the region are being recognized for their participation in this year’s Cool It! Climate Leadership Training program.
The program partners of the Regional Housing First Program have reached agreement to extend the program by contributing additional matching grants of $10 million each, for a total of $120 million.
Through its Reaching Home Program, significant progress has been made by the CRD in allocating funds to support people in the region who are without shelter or housing, and to provide health and support services during the COVID-19 health emergency.