PoCo Heritage Current Initiatives and Programs
 
Heritage Preservation: Try to work together to save our remaining heritage sites.
  • Work with the City council and staff to create an official Heritage Conservation Plan - IN PROGRESS
  • Update existing heritage building inventory - COMPLETE
  • Identify and explore opportunities to work in partnership to preserve the remaining heritage buildings
  • Create tools and process for the creation of Statements of Significance for buildings to be placed on the Heritage Register
  • Committee Chair - Karon Fuson
  • look for updates in the coming weeks
  • RIP: View some of the major heritage buildings we have lost
 
Museum Committee: Over the longer term secure a site and building to serve as a permanent museum for the community.
  • Target date of March 2013, to coincide with Port Coquitlam's centennial
  • Put in place a short and long term fundraising plan to meet this goal
  • Increase public awareness through events and promotion
  • Committee Chair - Open
 
Fundraising Committee: Continue to raise funds for the ongoing society costs as well as building fund (possible museum)
  • Committee Chair - Michael Thomas
  • To date several succesful events have been held, including, Heritage Gala, Fashion and Desserts Show, Taste of PoCo Spirit Wine Tastings and May Day Dances
  • See Events Calendar for upcoming events
 
Digital Archiving Strategy: Put in place equipment, tools and resources to perform full digital archiving of assets
  • Committee Chair - Brian Hubbard
  • This project was sponsored in part by by a grant from CIBC. We appreciate their generosity.
  • Update: Our application for a City Community Cultural Development Investment grant has resulted in a grant of $2,500. When spent this money will offset purchase of equipment and materials to digitize and catalog books, maps, periodicals, newspapers and artifacts. It will permit faster searching, reduce handling and allow public web access in the future. Total cost for Phase 1 is estimated at over $8,000 most of which will be donated by volunteers in the form of their time. We are grateful for this support.

To get involved in any of these initiatives please contact PoCo Heritage.