Clearview has received a provincial grant to hire three people to help coordinate October’s first Small Halls Festival.
The Township will receive $13,800 from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities through its Job Creation Partnerships program, which provides community work experience to people who are unemployed.
Clearview will use the money to purchase office work stations, computers and software for the new hires.
The new employees will be paid directly by the Ministry throughout a 10-month contract.
“The jobs will be Special Events Coordinators for the Small Halls Festival. Each one will take on three halls,” said Shane Sargant, Clearview’s Community Culture and Recreation Coordinator. “They will also create a volunteer and recruitment handbook.”
The Coordinators will spend the five months following the festival collecting data and planning for next year’s event.
“After October, they will follow up on the event,” said Sargant. “We’re going to do surveys, have feedback and reports to all levels of government and to our sponsors.”
The Township advertised the positions earlier this spring. At press time, it had received six applications. Sargant hopes the new recruits will start work at the end of next week.
The Small Halls Festival will be held from Thursday, October 2 to Sunday, October 5. It will celebrate various activities at eight of Clearview’s community halls.