Five Projects Granted Funding in Nechako Region
SEP 24, 2013

At the September 10, 2013 meeting of the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society Board in Kitamaat Village, the Board of Directors approved funding for eleven projects across the NKDF investment area. Of these eleven projects five were approved within the community Vanderhoof.

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The five (5) newly approved projects for the Vanderhoof area are:

• District of Vanderhoof is approved for an amount of $20,000 for washroom upgrades at Ferland Spray Park.

• Saik’uz First Nation will receive $35,714 to go toward a kitchen upgrade in the Saik’uz First Nation Administration & Training Centre.

 

• The District of Vanderhoof is approved in the amount of $9,000 to purchase and install electronic community signs.

 

• The Nechako Valley Exhibition Society is allotted $28,000 for the building of a small animal barn.

 

• District of Vanderhoof has been given the go-ahead with $30,000 toward upgrades at the Visitor Centre Building.

NKDF Chair Wayne Salewski said, “NKDF is pleased to support projects from this diverse group of applicants that continue to lead our communities in providing the quality of life we have grown to expect.”

“The Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund has been providing financial assistance for great projects in our communities for many years, and I’m very happy to see the District of Vanderhoof, the Saik’uz First Nation, and the Nechako Valley Exhibition Society benefitting from these investments.” Said John Rustad, MLA for Nechako Lakes

Colleen Nyce, Rio Tinto Alcan Manager Corporate Affairs & Community Relations said, “As we visit the Nechako region communities, it is great to see the development and upgrades taking place that are made possible, in part, with funding from the Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund.”

For more information on the five other projects funded throughout Burns Lake and Kitamaat please visit http://www.nkdf.org/ for the latest news releases.

The Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund Society was jointly established in 1997 with a combined contribution of $15 million by the government of British Columbia and the former Alcan Inc., now Rio Tinto Alcan. The Fund’s investment area includes lands impacted by the original Kemano project and focuses on those communities in the Ootsa, Lakes, Nechako and Haisla regions of the north.

The Society encourages applications from local governments and legally incorporated non-profit organizations. NKDF invests in projects that create sustainable employment, diversify the economy, and improve the basic infrastructure needed for community stability, quality of life and growth.