The Pemberton Festival Fund has announced successful
applications for funding.
The Pemberton Festival generated $130,000 for non-profit groups
within the Spud Valley, money that will go to the following:
• Pemberton Trails Association, for a bike skills park
• Rotary Club of Pemberton, to repair a 1 km stretch of One
Mile Lake Trail
• Pemberton Youth Soccer, for portable storage and a
recreational clubhouse
• Pemberton Valley Seniors Society, for fitness equipment
Further funding for the Mount Currie area will be announced
shortly.
The Pemberton Festival Fund announcement also provided
statistics about the festival. According to a news release, 54 per cent of
festival attendants were female, and 44 per cent of attendants were aged 25-34
years old. 39 per cent were between the ages of 18 and 24.
The release also noted that the festival got international
media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and Rolling
Stone.
It was also the busiest summer weekend in the history of
Whistler.
That means, for one weekend, Whistler was a bedroom community
for Pemberton.