Perspectives: Winter 2012

Please find attached the latest issue of Perspectives: A REGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO PUBLICATION | WINTER 2012 (PDF file).

What’s Inside:
Rural Village Centres Study
Moorecroft Regional Park
Water Budget Project

Local Government

Community Organizations

DeCourcy Island Community Association One of the Southern Gulf Islands, DeCourcy Island is located approximately 16 kilometres southeast of Nanaimo and approximately 38 kilometres southwest of Vancouver. Neighbouring Islands include Gabriola, Valdez, Mudge and Ruxton Islands.

Gabriola Ambulance Society Since 1969, the Gabriola Ambulance Society has a long and noble history of serving people on the islands of Gabriola and Mudge.

Gabriola Arts Council The Gabriola Arts Council hosts 3 annual art events—Isle of the Arts, Gabriola Theatre Festival, and Thanksgiving Tour and Festival—while managing our year-round Healing Power of Arts program.

Gabriola Commons The Gabriola Commons is a place where sustainability, community and agriculture meet, featuring 26 acres of peaceful rural landscapes and rich ecosystems with significant biodiversity.

Gabriola Emergency Social Services (ESS) Volunteers Emergency Social Service teams throughout the region to help provide shelter, food and clothing, and other services fire protection, search and rescue, and emergency amateur radio communications..

Gabriola Emergency Social Services (GESS) GESS is part of the ESS provincial program which provides short-term assistance to British Columbians who are forced to leave their homes because of fire, floods, earthquakes or other emergencies.

Gabriola Island Community Hall Association The Gabriola Island Community Hall Association is a non profit society that provides a rental venue for a variety of community events and activities.

Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (GIRO) operates a reuse depot for residents of Gabriola, Mudge, DeCourcy and Link Islands.

Gabriola Land and Trails Trust (GaLTT) The aims of Gabriola Land and Trails Trust are to secure, develop, and sustain a network of parkland and trails on Gabriola Island for the benefit of the public, and to preserve sites of environmental, historical, and social importance.

Gabriola Recreation Society The Gabriola Recreation Society administers a variety of recreation services and programs to the residents of Gabriola Island through an agreement with the Regional District of Nanaimo. The Society operates as a non-profit organization.

Gabriola Rescue of Wildlife Society (GROWLS) A registered non-profit society whose mandate is the rescue of ill, injured or otherwise disabled wildlife and the preservation of natural wildlife habitat on Gabriola.

GERTIE : Gabriola's Community Bus Service The purpose of the Gabriola Community Bus Foundation is to protect the environment for the benefit of the public by operating a community bus system on Gabriola Island.

Mudge Island Community Website Mudge Island is a small island located between Vancouver Island and Gabriola Island. Officially the northern most island of the De Courcy group, and part of the southern Gulf Islands. Mudge is approximately 0.8 km wide and 4 km long.

People for a Healthy Community By building local capacity and connections we strengthen the social networks that make Gabriola a safe and healthy place to live.

Rollo Centre (Gabriola Senior Citizens Association) Level parking lot. Wheelchair accessible. Comfortable washrooms. Full kitchen. Designated as a Gabriola Emergency Reception Center.

Sustainable Gabriola Gabriolans committed to stewarding our natural resources for the benefit of generations to come.

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