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New Westminster lends a hand to residents’ associations

New Westminster’s residents’ associations may be getting a helping hand from city hall during the pandemic.
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The City of New Westminster may help local residents' association offset some of the costs of having to move their meetings online because of COVID-19.

New Westminster’s residents’ associations may be getting a helping hand from city hall during the pandemic.

Mayor Jonathan Cote put forward a motion that council approve a one-time additional $100 grant to residents’ associations if they can demonstrate they’ve incurred additional expenses due to moving to online meeting formats due to COVID- 19. Council approved the motion.

Cote said the request came from one New West’s residents’ associations.

“They are very thankful for some of the funding they do receive from the city, but because of this year they have had to move things online and they don’t have additional funds to be able to cover that,” said Cote, who offered to raise the issue at council. “I think for this year, given the unusual circumstances and difficulty in being able to engage, I think this is a reasonable request to grant to our residents’ associations to allow them to do the work that they are doing in these times.”

Currently, a dozen residents’ organizations exist in New Westminster: Connaught; West End; Moody Park; Glenbrooke North; Massey Victory Heights; Brow of the Hill; Queen’s Park; Victoria Hill Ginger Drive; Sapperton; Quayside; Downtown; and Queensborough.