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City Buying Blooms for Downtown

By 250 News

Monday, June 21, 2010 07:39 PM

Prince George, B.C.- The City of Prince George is going to share the cost of the flower basket program for the downtown.
In it’s initial budget, the one which was the foundation for the development  of the special levy for the Downtown Business Improvement Area, the DBIA  indicated a little over $27 thousand had been set aside for the flower basket campaign. Now the bill is said to be in the $32 thousand dollar range and the City has agreed to pay up to $16 thousand dollars of that bill from money in the Downtown Initiatives Council Contingency fund. 
 
Annual funding in the amount of $10,000 is provided to the Gateway BIA for its flower basket program.
Councilor Sherri Green asked what the process would be  to have this amount added to the annual  budget to provide on- going funding.  Staff will provide a report for possible inclusion in the 2011  budget.

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Comments

Comment Posted by: lonesome sparrow on June 21 2010 7:51 PM
Like putting lipstick on a pig.
Comment Posted by: PGDriver on June 21 2010 8:01 PM
Can't fix our roads.... but darn we have nice flowers downtown, way to go guys.
Comment Posted by: gus on June 21 2010 8:25 PM
I think we need some donations from beekeepers.
Comment Posted by: gus on June 21 2010 8:29 PM
Maybe someone can develop one of those $ thermometers that they use on some fundraising campaigns and show the total funds that Council has racked up spending from these various funds with the new increment added after every decision or council meeting.
Comment Posted by: My3Centsworth on June 21 2010 8:31 PM
Quesnel's downtown flowers always look nice as you drive through. Will this help with downtown PG though? I guess it's a good start.

Brainstorm!!!! What if they planted the flowers in the potholes? That'd look pretty! Everyone's so used to swerving the potholes, the flowers would surely make it through the season.
Comment Posted by: gus on June 21 2010 10:08 PM
Yes, Quesnle has nice flowers when driving through the highway as it comes along the river.

Did you ever notice that Quesnel actually has a river front downtown while PG does not?

When people drive through Prince George, there are both banners and flower baskets hanging from the light standards on the Bypass highway. I do not know how many people notice those.

I think the bypass could be inmproved by planting trees in the boulevards between the service roads on both sides and the highway. The CNC grounds look nice, but the rest does not. The flower baskets are "out of scale" to the size of the highway and hardly get noticed I think.

In Quesnel the flowers are right there at the road curb and the traffic is slower, so they get noticed much more, I think.
Comment Posted by: Simon on June 21 2010 10:43 PM
Well it will be something else to smell besides street people and human feces on the sidewalks.