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About a month ago, when we interviewed Andrew Coffey, he mentioned a special project with the City of Squamish. At the time, we really didn’t know what he was talking about but We had a feeling it would some sort of installation
Today, The Squamish Chief broke the story that Andrew Coffey has donated $30,000 dollars to the City of Squamish in conjunction with the Access Society of BC to install a huge boulder in Junction Park. Here is the story by Jennifer Thuncher of the Squamish Chief:
Ready for fun? Giant boulder to be installed downtown
There will be a giant boulder in downtown Squamish, but no, it isn’t the piece that fell off the Stawamus Chief.
The District of Squamish, in partnership with Climbers Access Society of BC and with sponsorship from The Hive Bouldering Gym, will install a community climbing boulder downtown at Squamish Junction Park this summer.
The boulder, which will be a free attraction, will offer 600 square feet of climbing surface and will have a rebar internal frame covered with sculpted concrete. The surface around the boulder will be woodchips. The boulder will have a variety of handholds, footholds and features for climbers with varying degrees of difficulty, according to Andrew Coffey, owner of two Hive rock-climbing gyms.
Council passed a motion at Tuesday’s committee of the whole to add Coffey’s $30,000 donation to the district’s $40,000 set aside for the project this year.
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