Egmont Community Hall Foundation Project

My small community of Egmont has been fundraising for 8 years to fund a new cement foundation for our Community Hall. We reached our huge goal of over $100,000.00 and the project is underway. Much volunteer work was required to prepare for this undertaking. The outbuildings and had to be removed, power and water shut off and the brick chimney had to be taken down.

May 2010

Originally uploaded by Heather in BC

One of our local contractors, Dean Bosch came in with his excavator to remove brush, trees, rocks and debris from around the hall and he dug a trench around the perimeter.

I took pictures while Dean was working but then I headed to Vancouver and totally missed the actual raising of the hall by
Nickel Bros. on the weekend of April 17/18. They were kind enough to donate $5500.00 of work toward our project and we have a local business who offered to match their contribution.

The hall is raised, sitting on 6 huge steel beams, awaiting the contractor who has the job of building the forms and having the concrete poured. He is apparently starting work very soon. With all the brush removed it shows the fabulous waterfront property the hall sits on. I can imagine a deck with umbrellas, a waterfront walkway and tourists meandering through and enjoying the serenity of Secret Bay.

Our Egmont Community Hall has been the central meeting place for the community for nearly 50 years and with the new foundation will hopefully last another 50 years. It definitely needs some TLC as you can see from the pictures, but that will be part of our next fundraising efforts!