The environmental organization was “blindsided” in 2021 by a City of Prince George decision to give the organization’s Gorse Street location to the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation.
The Prince George Recycling and Environmental Action Planning Society is seeking $100,000 in support from the City of Prince George, after the city gave the organization’s former Gorse Street location to the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation for a planned daycare project in 2021.
“We find ourselves in a plight which threatens our viability as an effective presence in our community – and which we did not create,” Spankie wrote. “We also must stress, reluctantly, that our situation has been made worse by the manner in which our file was been handled by the Planning and Development Department. Although you will probably be told otherwise, we were blindsided by decisions affecting our future which were made without our timely involvement.
During a presentation to city council on Wednesday, current REAPS president Paul Sanborn said the situation created “the most serious challenge to our ability to function in the history of the organization.” The organization has secured a permanent new site, thanks to a partnership with UNBC and the David Douglas Botanical Garden Society, he said. REAPS has secured a sublease for roughly a third of an acre to rebuild the Growing Knowledge Community Compost Garden, as part of the planned expansion of the gardens at UNBC.REAPS estimates the total cost of the project at $463,331, and has allocated its entire financial resources to the project, he added.
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