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Glengoffe
Community Development Committee Benevolent Society
Presents
A Day family
fun day, to race funs to finish our play field, This function will be held
on Easter Monday April 13 on our Groft Sile a Bamboo Corner. Starting at
10:00 AM
There will be a
lot of actions Bounce-bout, Ferries Wheel, Go- Cart, Bull Ride and a host of
other activities for Adult and Children.
Admission Adult $200 and Children
$80
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Glengoffe
CDC
Current
Spending Plan
Digicel Best Community Award
 | $1.7 million will be used to purchase land in
Glengoffe for the future Art and Craft Development Centre. A down payment
of $500,000 will go towards securing the land so preparatory work can
begin. The down payment will be made before the 28th of June.
Volunteer land clearing is scheduled from June 20th to June 30th.
Following the initial work, $200,000 will be used to prepare the sports
field, which is expected to be in use by the end of July. |
SDC Parish Prize
 | $60,000 has been set aside to buy tools and
materials for beautification projects: $50,000 for a weed whacker and
$10,000 for a wheelbarrow and other tools.
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 | $20,000 will be used to establish a website for the
Glengoffe CDC. $10,000 has been set aside to beautify the police station
by bushing land and planting trees and flowers. This project began on June
9th and will be ongoing. The next work day has been set for the
17th of June. |
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$40,000 has been set aside to beautify Glengoffe High School by
establishing green areas and tidying up the grounds. This has already
begun and will extend throughout the summer. The school will submit a
project document to the CDC defining how the funds will be used.
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 | $20,000 will be used to beautify the post office.
This will include planting trees and flowers and repainting the building.
Work will begin in August and run through September.
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 | $40,000 will go towards developing agricultural
projects at Glengoffe High School. These projects will include a contour
farming demonstration site, an herbal garden, and a vegetable plantation
all on school grounds which will be tied into the school’s agricultural
courses. $10,000 will also go towards a project utilizing old tires to
prevent gully erosion. These projects are ongoing and expected to last
into November.
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 | Finally, $50,000 will be set aside to beautify
Glengoffe Square and other community green spaces. This is an ongoing
project with workdays set by the CDC every week. |
Note: Funds are under the direct supervision of the
Glengoffe CDC. Any use of CDC funding must be approved by the CDC Steering
Committee and registered with the Treasurer. The CDC must record and be able
to account for any use of CDC money. This information is always available to
any community member who wishes to review it. |