Communities in Bloom Prince Rupert

 

 

 

 

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Criteria and Projects

2008 is Prince Rupert's first year participating in Communitiies in Bloom. Many individuals, families, and organizations participated in the numerous projects that together contributed to eight CIB categories.

Listed below are the eight CIB criteria and the Prince Rupert projects and efforts that meet these criteria.

Tidiness

  • Community clean-ups
  • Addressing graffiti
  • Sunken Gardens tunnel revitalization
  • Cleaning up after our K9 friends
  • Fraser St mural
  • Fish Fence
  • Garbage and litter management
  • School clean-up and fundraiser
Tunnel revitalization team with Premier Campbell
Magic of aparklers at Earth Hour

Environmental Awareness

  • Earth hour
  • Landfill and hazardous materials
  • Recycling
  • Green Advisory Task Force
  • Official Community Plan

Community Involvement

  • Student banner project
  • Service club, individual, and business contributions
  • Oldfield Creek fry release
  • Thursday night music and market
  • Seafest
Seafest parade dancers
Pillsbury House

Heritage Preservation (Natural and Cultural)

  • National Aboriginal Day
  • Indigenous garden at NWCC
  • All Native Basketball Tournament
  • Church of the Annunciation Centennial
  • Museum of Northern BC
  • Pillsbury House, Kwinitsa Station, Fire Museum, FIrst Presbyterian Church, Courthouse

Urban Forestry

  • McClymont Park and trails
  • Moresby Park
  • Oldfield Creek
  • Butze Rapids trail
  • Rushbrook trail
  • Mount Hayes Quick Climb
 
Sunken Gardens

Landscaped Areas

  • Sunken Gardens
  • Rotary Waterfront Park
  • Mariner's Park
  • Residential landscaping improvements

Floral Displays

  • Planters in the downtown core
  • City flower displays and hanging baskets
  • Business and residential flower displays
Cow Bay planter
Courthouse lawns

Turf and Groundcover Areas

  • Golf course
  • Courthouse lawns
  • Artificial turf and track at CHSS