Vernon Winter Carnival says robust to placed on occasions with prohibitive metropolis charges – Vernon Information

Non-profit teams are struggling to placed on neighborhood occasions due to excessive charges charged to make use of metropolis amenities, Vernon council heard on Monday.

“The accessibility and affordability of reserving metropolis venues appears to be an issue we maintain coming throughout,” mentioned Vicki Proulx, government director of the Vernon Winter Carnival Society.

The society is being charged the complete fee to guide ball diamonds in February for a kickball match, she mentioned, whereas placing on the Feb. 10 “Nation Barnburner” live performance with the Reklaws at Kal Tire Place comes with a $27,000 price ticket – “and that’s the non-profit fee.”

“This value has a major impression on our potential to prepare occasions that break even or make a small sum of money,” Proulx mentioned.

“The price could possibly be prohibitive to producing curiosity from others seeking to convey occasions to Vernon.

“I might invite council to contemplate at what level the Metropolis of Vernon can have one other take a look at the price construction related to not solely Kal Tire Place, however different metropolis venues reminiscent of ball diamonds, parks and the rec centre auditorium.

“These venues had been constructed by our neighborhood for our neighborhood, and proper now they’re not accessible to many organizations.”

Proulx requested council to contemplate decreasing the rental charges for the Feb. 10 live performance and kickball match.

Coun. Akbal Mund mentioned carnival isn’t the one group that has complained about rental charges.

“There’s one other non-profit society that raised this earlier in the course of the summer season months as a result of we realized that charges had doubled,” he mentioned. “You’re not the one group who’s asking.”

Carnival runs Feb. 3-12 with greater than 130 occasions, mentioned Proulx.

Her verbal and written shows had been acquired with no motion taken.