The Tribe is providing $250,000 to the Vian Community Foundation to update their community building. Author: Kaitlyn Bond Updated: 6:39 PM CDT July 29, 2021
VIAN, Okla. The Cherokee Nation provided $250,000 to the Vian Community Foundation to help install electricity, an HVAC system and plumbing to a community building.
The community building will serve as a multipurpose facility for the community to hold athletic events, entertainment, community and family dinners. The facility will also offer Cherokee art and cooking classes.
The contribution is a portion of the 2019 Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act, which set aside $30 million to aid Cherokee citizens with housing repairs and upgrade community buildings.
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BARON â Cherokee Nation officials celebrated Earth Week on April 22 with a visit to the Mid County Community Organization building in Adair County, where new rooftop solar panels were installed as part of Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.âs $30 million Housing, Jobs and Sustainable Communities Act passed by the Tribal Council in 2019.Â
The solar panels will lower utility costs and provide an eco-friendly energy source for the Cherokee community organization.Â
Hoskin, Deputy Chief Bryan Warner, Natural Resources Secretary Chad Harsha, Chief of Staff Todd Enlow and Veterans Affairs Secretary S. Joe Crittenden unveiled the solar panels after signing an Earth Day proclamation detailing many of the tribeâs efforts to reduce its carbon footprint.Â