Your chance to share thoughts towards Mariner's Park Survey period ends Friday,

An opportunity for you to provide some ideas towards what a re-envisioned Mariner's Park may look like comes to an end on Friday, as Tourism Prince Rupert and the City of Prince Rupert put the wraps on their latest public consultation project.

The survey which launched in June, followed a pair of public information sessions that set the stage for the planning towards a new look for the popular city space overlooking Prince Rupert harbour. 

A few concepts for a proposed renovation 
for Pacific Mariner's Memorial Park

The topic of the new focus on Mariner's Park and the current survey made for a report to City Council last week

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The Report which was compiled by Veronica Stewart, Manger of Communications, Engagement and Social Development was part of the Council Consent Agenda, of note from her review of the process to date, is the challenges of accessing funding for development of the plans.

TPR was recently informed that both applications to the Provincial Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP) fund and Destination Development Fund were not successful. They are now working to identify potential funding to complete shelf-ready designs and look to the next round of available grants to fund the future project.

This project has been delayed due to availability of grant funding, however the City will continue to work with Tourism PR to advocate for the project works through grants. Grant applications will offset potential capital costs to Prince Rupert’s taxpayers. 

This project being driven by an external partner, and embodies the collaborative spirit that was embedded in the City and Redesign Rupert partner’s 2030 Vision, which focused on the need for multi-stakeholder partnership to support revitalization. 

Given limited availability of funds often restricts the City’s ability to invest in ‘nice to have’ projects such as park redevelopments, openness to partnerships such as this empowers the City to continue to improve community amenities. 

By working with TPR to support grant-writing and logistics for the project, the City and community will see the benefit of a revitalized and inviting space for residents and tourists alike to gather.

The report was received by the council members with no comments, or observations. 

The survey which you can access here, also offers the chance for two 100 dollar gift certifcates for participants to be drawn for from all those contributing to the survey.

The survey takes less than five minutes to wrap up, though you'll have to put on your thinking cap to help deliver on your contribution.

You have until 5 PM Friday to offer up your vision for the future for the park.

Find out more about the initiative here.

More notes on Tourism themes are available here, Civic planning notes can be explored here.