The Cariboo Regional District (CRD), in 2009, was the first rural BC Regional District to create an arts and culture function.  In 2010, the Central Cariboo Arts and Culture Society (CCACS) was formed to administer this function.  The CCACS also serves cultural organizations and events, and facilitates the development of arts and culture in the City of Williams Lake, and areas D,E and F of the CRD.

The notion of assisting the development of the arts is something the Society takes seriously—not simply supporting the status quo. The CCACS administers a biannual Grants Program, the CRD’s Fee-for-Service Program, and oversees the annual Performances in the Park concert series.

In 2010, the City of Williams Lake, together with the Cariboo Regional District, redeveloped the old fire hall into the Central Cariboo Arts Centre. The Society manages this facility, which provides studio space to four tenant groups and provides performance and meeting spaces for the broader arts community.