Cariboo Region: Rural Development Projects

• $100,000 is being awarded to the Deka Lake and District Ratepayers Association to enhance tourism and water safety by expanding public access points to four lakes in the 100 Mile House area and making improvements to boat launching and swimming areas.
• $100,000 is being awarded to the Tl’etinqox Government to equip and furnish a 24-hour First Nation architecturally designed gas bar and convenience store on Highway 18 that will host a weekly farmers’ market and function as a tourist centre.
• $100,000 is being awarded to ?Esdilagh First Nation to use beetle-killed wood to build a cultural arbour as part of a reconciliation, healing and tourism destination centre in the community. Partners include the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association, West Fraser Timber Ltd. and Zirnhelt Timber Frames Ltd.
• $46,777 is being awarded to Alexis Creek First Nation to support domestic sales and international exports of its Crazy Horse Energy Drink, made with ingredients the First Nation has used for centuries.
• $100,000 is being awarded to the Big Lake Community Association to develop a community forest agreement application and forest management plan in partnership with Likely Xatsull Community Forest Ltd. that will benefit the communities of Big Lake, Likely and Soda Creek/Deep Creek.
• $80,000 is being awarded to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Tourism Association to provide emergency preparedness training to the tourism sector in the region.
• $100,000 is being awarded to the Cariboo Mountain Bike Consortium Society to support phase 2 of a mountain bike trail system at the Desous Mountain Recreation Site west of Williams Lake, in partnership with the Williams Lake Cycling Club. It will enhance the community’s ability to attract high-profile mountain bike events.
• $100,000 is being awarded to the Cariboo Regional District to expand the network of low-mobility wilderness trail, increasing access for more users. The project is in partnership with Big Lake Community Association, Horsefly District Board of Trade, Alexis Creek Development Society, Parks BC and Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
• $100,000 is being awarded to the City of Quesnel to encourage visitors to stop and explore the city by installing new signage, planning design features such as public art at strategic locations, and creating walking tours and points of interest to feature in the community’s brochures and website.
• $100,000 is being awarded to Community Futures Development Corporation of Cariboo Chilcotin to encourage owners of small and medium-sized businesses to improve succession planning through workshops, mentoring and pre-approved professional support. 
• $100,000 is being awarded to the District of Wells to support development of a Wells Creative Learning Centre, which will bring together all current classroom-based activities and provide additional space for other learning activities.
• $72,305 is being awarded to the Fraser Basin Council to implement Project Comeback in Quesnel in partnership with the BC Rural Network, City of Quesnel and Community Futures. The project aims to attract and retain young adults to B.C.’s rural communities through workshops, surveys and community-led marketing.
• $80,000 is being awarded to the Nazko First Nation to complete a marketing plan for the Three Nations General Store and Lodging, develop and launch a website, and train culinary staff.
• $99,000 is being awarded to the Barkerville Heritage Trust to review and update online and print materials for Barkerville Historic Town and Park, translate them into additional languages, and develop multi-media stories to be shared online and through social media.
• $70,500 is being awarded to the Williams Lake Central Business Improvement Area Association to launch the Colourful Cariboo Culture branding and marketing project to attract more visitors to the city’s downtown.
• $76,600 is being awarded to the Stswecem’c Xgat’tem First Nation to study how physical and natural assets in the territory can support a tourism industry in Secwepemc communities.