Posted:
April 6, 2021
Communities look ahead to create places people can enjoy
As days grow warmer, people in the Columbia Basin are looking forward to enjoying outdoor spaces those in nature, and those in our communities. Looking ahead to times when restrictions ease, many communities are wondering how they can make the gathering places within their limits more welcoming and useable, or how they can add new ones altogether.
To realize their ideas, some communities have turned to Columbia Basin Trust’s Community Outdoor Revitalization Grants. Currently, this program is providing over $1.3 million to help 10 communities undertake such projects.
Will Nixon
Downtown Marysville revitalization funding approved
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CBT gives over $1 3-million to enhance outdoor spaces
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Posted:
April 3, 2021
Partnerships build housing capacity and job opportunities
The three buildings are joined in a U-shape, their doors bright white against the grey siding. Inside, a variety of people live in the two- and three-bedroom units, including a couple with a new baby, a larger family and a single mother.
Completed in 2019, the six-plex, located in ʔakisq̓nuk First Nation in Windermere, is one step in a multi-pronged approach to improving housing in the community.
“Before that, there had not been any new housing construction for around 30 years,” said Dale Shudra, Housing Manager, with ʔakisq̓nuk. “We had older homes and lots of overcrowding because there was just nowhere to go.” Also, people who had left the community didn’t have access to housing if they wanted to come back.