View Royal Community Association Presentation

History

Residents of View Royal built the View Royal Community Hall in 1943 to provide the community with a social and emergency centre.

Craigflower Women's Institute helped pay for the cost of the hall from its own ' hall fund’. The Women's Institute held weekly meetings in the hall each Thursday for the next 65 years.

The basement of the hall was originally occupied as the first fire hall for View Royal and also by the View Royal Library, which was moved to the Town Hall when it was built in the mid 1990's.

A gathering place

The View Royal Ratepayers' Association has administered the hall as a gathering place for the benefit of the community since 1943.

Before the incorporation of the Town of View Royal in 1988, the Association also served an important local government role by holding responsibility for View Royal representation on the Capital Regional District Board.

As the View Royal Community Association, a not-for profit BC society, the stated purposes of the association are:

• to own, maintain and operate a community hall and ancillary equipment for the promotion of social, recreational, economic, political and general welfare of the taxpayers and residents of the town of View Royal;
• in the event of emergency or civil disaster, to make the community hall and other association resources available, free of charge, to established municipal, regional, provincial and/or federal emergency defense or disaster control agencies;
• to control allocation of use and rental of the community hall to appropriate outside users in a manner consistent with primary purposes above; and
• provide a meeting and forum where matters deemed of importance to the View Royal community can be debated and where the voice of the community at large may be heard.

VRCA today

Strategic Plan 2020-2023

Vision

Our vision is an inclusive community where residents can play, work and feel connected to View Royal.

Mission

Our mission is to provide a venue for people to gather and strengthen their sense of community.

Our Priorities and Objectives

Positive Venue Experiences

• We have a clear profile of who uses our venue and what kind of user we want to attract.
• We know how to maximize our venue's availability to encompass multiple types of users.
• We have systems in place to make the rental transaction efficient and smooth for both the user and our association.

Maintaining and Updating our Hall

• Maintenance and updates are centered on meeting the needs of the community based on the 2016 survey results.
• We will actively pursue kitchen updates, outdoor beautification and indoor functionality & esthetics.
• We will continue with ongoing regular maintenance necessary in the required upkeep of the building.

Increase and Strengthen our Board & Membership

• Increase our online presence through engaging the community via social media.
• Make use of traditional marketing media channels as appropriate.
• Ensure a mutual beneficial relationship is created with our venue users.