Good causes
Parade of funding requests moves through city hall

NNSL (Nov 28/97) - Following is a list of requests city council will be considering when determining what funding it will assign community groups next year.

The amounts assigned each are tentative, and remain so until council approves the budget. Final approval is scheduled to take place Dec. 15.

Organizations with no dollar figure listed in the request column, receive ongoing annual grants by decision of council.

Community service wish list:
Organization Requested Assigned
Northern Arts and Cultural Centre 30,000 20,000
Yk Assoc. of Concerned Citizens for Seniors 50,000 50,000
Youth Volunteer Corp 5,000
Yellowknife Special Olympics 3,000
Northern Frontier Visitors Assoc. 53,000 38,000
NWT Chamber of Commerce 10,000 10,000
J.H. Sissons school 25,000
Yellowknife Curling Club 15,700 11,000
First Night Society 2,000
Folk on the Rocks 7,500
Caribou Carnival '98
17,000
Festival of the Midnight Sun
5,000
Northern Seaplane Fly-in
10,000
Arctic Winter Games Committee
50,000
Cleanup grants
38,000
Charitable/heritage organizations*
10,000
Total
266,500
*Tax relief grants for properties declared heritage sites