A brand new winter pageant occurring subsequent 12 months within the Queen City has acquired funding from town.
Throughout Wednesday’s Regina city council assembly, council authorised funding of $210,000 for the upcoming Frost Regina pageant.
Regina Winter Pageant Committee (RWFC), which is made up of members from a number of organizations, together with Regina Downtown Enterprise Enchancment District, Regina Warehouse District and Regina Exhibition Affiliation Restricted (REAL), is the group that submitted the funding request to council.
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Regina winter festival plans moving forward as executive committee approves $150K grant ask
Initially, the request from Frost Regina organizers was for $150,000.
A suggestion to supply funding for the pageant was introduced ahead to council on Wednesday after it was unanimously handed final week by the Metropolis of Regina’s govt committee.
Metropolis council determined to extend the contribution to $210,000, which was additionally handed unanimously by council.
“We had challenged the organizing group to come back ahead and present us what they might do if we had extra funds throughout the pool to allocate in the direction of this,” said Mayor Sandra Masters following Wednesday’s assembly at metropolis corridor.
“Any time we will present free group entry into (Mosaic Stadium) is a extremely good factor.”
Masters added that council welcomes the proposed drone present which is deliberate to cap off the pageant.
The week-long occasion is ready to happen Feb. 4-13, 2022 at a handful of places round Regina, together with Evraz Place, Wascana Park, downtown and the Regina Warehouse District.
The proposed pageant will embody reasonably priced programming from ice carvings, snow mazes, Indigenous storytelling, native delicacies, skating on the lake and at Mosaic Stadium, and lightweight exhibits.
–With recordsdata from Kelly Skjerven
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