Pommier family supports Arts Centre project March 3, 2021 at 11 h 42 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch Pictured from left-to-right are Rose Desnoyers of the Arts and Culture Fund Committee, Andre Pommier, France Pommier and Linda Halliday of the Arts and Culture Fund Committee. Submitted photo.
CORNWALL, Ontario – The Pommier family has donated $12,000 to support the Cornwall Arts Centre Fund. The fund will be used to offset the costs of converting the former Bank of Montreal at 159 Pitt St. to a new arts centre for the city.
In February, the Arts and Culture fund announced that it had reached $837,076.39 of its $1 million goal.
OPG offers support to Cornwall Arts Centre fund January 6, 2021 at 12 h 45 min Reading time: 1 min 30 s
By Nick Seebruch Pictured is OPG employee Scott Gagnon, Work Centre Manager at R.H. Saunders Generating Station presenting a $15,000 cheque to Arts and Culture Fund Committee member Brian Lynch in front of the future arts centre at 159 Pitt St. on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Submitted photo.
CORNWALL, Ontario – Ontario Power Generation (OPG) made a $15,000 donation to the Cornwall Arts Centre fund on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021.
The donation was presented at 159 Pitt St., the former Bank of Montreal in Cornwall’s downtown. The City of Cornwall purchased that building in 2018 with plans that it become a municipally owned arts and culture centre.