Toques around Town
Author2022-02-01T17:24:27+00:00Press Release February 19th, 2018 Toques Around Town NELSON – Local businesses have been getting a head start on supporting this year’s Coldest Night of the Year Walk, by wearing Coldest Night toques to work for the day. “It’s been a great way for local businesses to get involved and show support for this [...]
Coldest Night of the Year
Author2022-02-01T17:24:09+00:00Come and join us February 24, 2018 for the annual Coldest Night of the Year event. For more information about this event, click here. Call: 1.877.743.3413 Email: info@blueseaphilanthropy.org
Nelson Council Endorses Age Friendly Action Plan
Author2017-12-21T22:33:53+00:00Nelson’s age friendly co-coordinator is delighted a community action plan now has city council’s blessing. Corinne Younie says it shows the city’s commitment to making life easier for seniors. But, Younie says an age-friendly lends can be applied to any future developments. She says there’s also work to be done with sidewalks, transportation, and snow [...]
Nelson CARES gets affordable housing funds
Author2017-10-04T15:16:25+00:00B.C. Housing has awarded $6,300,300 in funding to a Nelson CARES project that will build 48 units of affordable housing. It was one of three dozen projects funded around the province amounting to a total of a half billion dollars. Nelson CARES will rebuild four buildings that it owns on Nelson Ave. that were formerly [...]
LAKESIDE PLACE OPEN HOUSE
Author2017-09-27T17:53:55+00:00Dear Neighbour, Nelson CARES Society has received funding from BC Housing and other sources to redevelop Lakeside Place, an affordable housing development located at 805 Nelson Avenue (at the corner of Nelson and Kokanee Avenues). It is our goal that this new building will help address the need for affordable housing in our community, while [...]
OPENING DOORS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Author2017-09-26T22:56:37+00:00is the theme for a week packed with events from October 9 to 13. Affordable housing has become an issue of increasing concern in Nelson over the past year. People of low income are hit the hardest. Yet it is increasingly hard to find affordable housing in town, whether you’re a young family trying to [...]
Annual General Meeting of Nelson CARES Society
Author2017-09-27T17:54:11+00:00NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Nelson CARES Society Board of Directors warmly invites you to join us for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 20th, 2017 at 5:00pm Location: Best Western – Vintage Room 153 Baker Street, Nelson Light Refreshments Provided To vote at the AGM you must be a member in good [...]
9th Annual Report Card on Homelessness in Nelson
Author2017-09-27T17:54:25+00:00The Nelson Committee On Homelessness is pleased to release its 9th Annual Report Card on Homelessness in Nelson. This Report Card focuses on mental health and substance use issues: who is effected, causes, the connections between mental health problems and substance use and their relationship to homelessness, and how the community is working to address [...]
8th Annual Report Card on Homelessness in Nelson
Author2017-09-27T17:54:55+00:00The Nelson Committee On Homelessness is pleased to release its 8th Annual Report Card on Homelessness in Nelson and results from Nelson’s first homeless Point-in-Time (PIT) Count and Survey conducted in April of 2016. This Report Card will bring the reader a better understanding of those who are homeless and at risk of homelessness in [...]