The Community Improvement Project Fund
In 2005, the Cranberry Lake Boat Club established a Community Improvement Project Fund. This fund is used to provide monetary support for community projects that need financial backing. Prospective projects are brought to the Boat Club Board for its review and approval. It is the responsibility of the Board to determine if the project is appropriate and consistent with the purpose of the Boat Club. If the project is deemed appropriate, the Board will then determine the amount of support that will be provided.
To make a donation send with your (much appreciated) check to CLBC PO Box 656, Cranberry Lake, NY 12927 and put NNYCF-CIP in the memo.
The Projects
Since the late 1990’s the Cranberry Lake Boat Club has raised and provided over $90,000 “to enhance the general welfare of the area”. These funds are a combination of personal donations, the Clifton Community Library, Friends of the Library, Grants from the Adirondack Foundation Damoth Fund and the Northern New York Clifton – Fine Community Fund. Over $39,000 was raised for the Clifton Community Pavilion.
Major projects supported and / or accomplished
- Defibrillator for the Rescue Squad
- Town of Clifton Beach Park pavilions, fencing, landscaping, picnic tables, charcoal cookers, life guard chair and Way Finding Sign
- Wanakena Welcome sign
- Annual contribution to the Banner Committee and Beach Park maintenance
- Clifton Community Center Forever Wild play park and parking area
- Benches at the Beach Park, boat launch, and Wanakena Cemetery
- Fire Hall landscaping
- Clifton/Fine Hospital/Clinic
- Walking Bridge signs
- Wanakena dock ladder, bumpers and rebuilding funds
- Wanakena Walking Bridge
- 50 Mile Trail
- 2 Loon floats
- Replacement of the two Cranberry Lake Welcome signs
- A 32’ x 48’ Picnic Pavilion behind the Clifton Community Center
- A Memorial walkway and flag pole in front of the Clifton Community Center
- Cranberry Lake Fire Hall – Digital sign
- Clifton / Fine Golf Course – New club house deck
- Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub – Property acquisition and dockage
Updates and progress by year
2013
The Wanakena dock bumpers were replaced (again). We applied for and were awarded a Damoth Fund Grant for $3,750 to replace 3 aging benches in Cranberry Lake and to install a meditation bench at the Wanakena Cemetery.
2014
The four benches were installed and we were awarded a Damoth Grant for $2,250 for a Wayfinding Sign for the Beach Park. We also started fund raising for a pavilion behind the Clifton Community Center.
2015
The Wayfinding Sign was finalized with the DOS and the Town Board and $450 was provided to help rebuild the Wanakena dock. Over $35,000 was raised for the pavilion and at a cost of $22,000 the basic structure was built behind the Clifton Community. Finishing touches will be added in 2016.
2016
Electrical outlets, sidewalls, 4 picnic tables, and a ceiling were added to the pavilion. Over $39,000 has been raised and $32,000 spent on the pavilion. Serious planning began in partnership with the Clifton Town Board to enhance the front of the Clifton Community Center. A total of $500 was donated to help fund the Wanakena Walking Bridge reconstruction.
2017
A sidewalk was added between the playground and the pavilion; about $4,000 remains in the Pavilion Fund. In partnership with the Clifton Town Board a 31′ Memorial walkway, adjoining a 18’ diameter Hexagon pad with a 30’ lighted Flag Pole, backed with the Memorial Rock were installed in front of the Clifton Community Center. Landscaping is planned for 2018.
2018
$1,100 was spent to complete the Memorial Walk landscaping. Two more picnic tables for the pavilion were donated by the Raymo boys and a Beach Bench was donated by the Gurley girls. $5,000 was awarded to the Clifton / Fine Golf Course for a 20’ x 30’ Club House Deck. $5,000 was awarded to the Cranberry Lake Fire and Rescue for a digital sign. $5,000 was contributed to the Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub to help acquire the property. In addition $500 to the Cranberry Lake Flower and Banner Committee and $200 to the Grasse River Rail Road.
2019
$2000 was awarded to the Cranberry Lake North Shore Hub for Dockage. $300 awarded to the Wanakena Channel Marker Project and $500 to the Wanakena Walking Bridge Reconstruction. $250 to Maintain the Beach. $250 to the Cranberry Lake Flag and Banner Committee as well as adopting the Committee’s Funds as part of our CFEDC / CIP Account.
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