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The Christchurch Art Center will receive $ 150,000 from the Christchurch City Council to help keep the doors open.
Eight groups in Christchurch will benefit from a participation of nearly $ 1 million in grants and taxpayer loans.
The Financially Troubled Arts Center will receive $ 150,000 to keep the doors open, the City Mission received $ 75,000 for a street outreach service, Cultivate Christchurch will receive $ 20,000 to pay salaries, and the Lego Imagination Station charity will deposit $ 35,000, also for wages.
The New Zealand Prostitute Collective will receive $ 40,099 to pay for a street outreach coordinator and the Historical Tram Society at Ferrymead Heritage Park will receive $ 15,000 to help upgrade their trolley poles.
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The Imagination Station at Christchurch’s Tūranga Library will receive $ 35,000 to help pay for staff salaries.
The Christchurch City Council also decided Thursday to grant Netsal Sports Center a $ 500,000 loan to help build a $ 20 million indoor facility of 10 courts for netball and futsal (a variation of futsal) at the Ngā Puna Wai Sports Center. .
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Food Resilience Network also secured a $ 150,000 loan to complete a building that will form the heart of the Ōtākaro Orchard community food project in Cambridge Tce.
The garden will include a food forest and a free edible garden, event and education spaces, a food information center, an outdoor amphitheater, a dome greenhouse and a cafeteria.
There was some concern among council staff about whether the Food Resilience Network could repay the loan, a concern shared by Council Member Sam MacDonald.
He said he had “no consolation” because the council would get the money back.
However, Mayor Lianne Dalziel and other councilors believed in the network’s ability to repay the loan.
Dalziel, who owns a feijoa tree in the community garden, said the organization had demonstrated its ability to raise funds.
Cr Pauline Cotter said the community-led anchor project would be “an incredible asset” to the city and a valuable educational center, and she was confident that she could repay the loan.
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The city council has given the New Zealand Prostitute Collective $ 40,099 to help pay for a street social worker.
Council staff had recommended turning down the Tramway Historical Society’s request for $ 22,700 to get the trolley buses back on track, but councilors decided to give it $ 15,000 instead.
Cr Aaron Keown asked what was the point of having a heritage asset that couldn’t be used.
The council also decided to award the Collective of Prostitutes more than the $ 14,099 recommended by staff.
Cr Jake McLellan said the outreach coordinator did an important job and that this was the least the council could do to support street workers.
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Christchurch Arts Center CEO Philip Aldridge says being denied $ 48 million in ready-to-use funds to restore five heritage buildings was “heartbreaking.”
However, Cr Mike Davidson advised councilors to be careful. I didn’t want them to give away too much money at the beginning of the year because other groups could lose it later.
The council decided in August to provide a one-time $ 500,000 to support community organizations affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
Arts Center Executive Director Philip Aldridge said he was incredibly grateful to the council for approving the $ 150,000 grant. “It will help us a lot this year.”
