ACRD asked to permanently fund tourist info centre
Mar 13, 2025 | 9:27 AM
The Alberni Valley Tourist Information Centre will remain closed as local governments continue to wrestle over who should pay the bill.
The city had been giving the Chamber of Commerce $89,000 a year to run the centre, but stopped funding last month, arguing the regional district should foot the bill since it’s a valley wide service.
At yesterday’s ACRD meeting, Chamber CEO Jolleen Dick asked regional district directors for a grant-in-aid to cover this years costs, and then make the tourist centre a consistently funded service like the Sproat Lake Marine Patrol.
Directors have asked for a detailed financial plan.
