A historic Victoria museum and one of the oldest homes in the capital city is fighting to keep its doors open.
“Point Ellice House is just a really special place to encounter the stories of our past, it’s a real gem in the city,” says Kelly Black, the executive director of the Point Ellice House. Black says a 2007 report called The Provincial Heritage Properties Sustainability Study showed that Point Ellice House needed $236,000 per year for operation.In 2021, the Vancouver Island Local History Society wrote aNow, the City of Victoria is getting involved. Coun. Ben Isitt is urging the city to put pressure on the province to step up.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
OK? Soooooo....... they need a marketing team. Not crowd funding....
Yay, shut it down! Put the funds towards healthcare! Medical care for actually living people is way more important than glorifying colonialism and rich people's old unwanted junk.
This is much larger out-of-sight story re BCGovt chronic disinterest 2 properly fund all its bc heritage sites. 4 years hidden under Forestry Mines etc with impossible goal 4 them 2b self-supporting. Absurd task given vast diversity ie emilycarrhouse BarkervilleBC DaveObeeTC