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Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural
Resource Operations and Rural Development
250 356-7506

Backgrounders

Rural dividend funded projects for the Kootenays

  • Akisq'nuk First Nation is being awarded $97,120 toward building a multi-use, indoor sport and recreation facility that will serve the people of Windermere. Activities funded include construction training for 12 community members and engineering site surveys.

  • Arrow and Slocan Lakes Community Services is being awarded $268,483 to continue developing the Mount Abriels Trail Network in 2018-19. Project activities will include trail work, installing signs, building staging areas and kiosks and constructing a bike-skills park.

  • The Village of Canal Flats is being awarded $80,000 for a visualization of a mixed-use cross-section of downtown to address deficiencies, an industrial land strategy and a hotel study.

  • The Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Kootenay is being awarded $100,000 to support the development and implementation of five core services for the Nelson Innovation Centre, including access to capital and business start-up programs.

  • The Columbia Valley Cycling Society is being awarded $100,000 to develop and construct an intermediate-level mountain bike trail in the Mount Swansea recreation area. The new trail will improve accessibility and attract families, and less experienced riders, to the area.

  • Columbia Valley Greenways Trail Alliance is being awarded $500,000 to construct the Lakeview segment of the Westside Legacy Trail, a multi-use, non-motorized paved trail connecting the communities of Invermere and Fairmont Hot Springs.

  • The Corporation of the City of Greenwood is being awarded $71,400 to complete phase 2 of the BC Copper Company Smelter Ruins project, including rehabilitating the smokestack rim, preparing architectural drawings, and general site improvements, such as graffiti and garbage removal.

  • The City of Revelstoke is being awarded $108,000 to work with Community Futures on the first phase of a digital-fabrication laboratory focused on rapid prototyping and digital fabrication, so local entrepreneurs and companies can create and commercialize new marketable products.

  • The Community Futures Development Corporation of Greater Trail is being awarded $100,000 to promote and market Kootenay sport fishing. The project will boost local economies and create jobs for guides, tackle shops, marinas, accommodation providers and others.