Local tourism projects bolstered by provincial funding
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Over 50 new tourism projects across B.C., including on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast, are getting a financial leg-up from the province.
They’re getting funding through the Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program’s destination development stream.
The province says it creates jobs and develops infrastructure that will attract visitors to B.C. when travel resumes.
Approved projects include campground and recreational-vehicle site development, alpine and mountain bike trails, boat launch upgrades, construction and/or renovations of visitor amenities and Indigenous interpretive centres.
VICTORIA A handful of Vancouver Island tourism projects are among dozens across the province to receive new funding from the B.C. tourism ministry. The B.C. government announced $20 million in funding for more than 50 projects through its Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program on Thursday. Among them are eight projects on Vancouver Island that will split approximately $3.5 million. Our laser focus right now is on helping people and businesses during the pandemic, while making sure we re ready to welcome visitors and explore B.C. when it is safe to do so, said Tourism Minister Melanie Mark in a statement.
The decades-long dream of an arts centre on the Gulf Island is about to take shape.
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The centre, which has been in the works for around 20 years, will be the first of its kind on the Gulf Island
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A rendering of the entrance to the yet-to-be-built Hornby Arts Centre. (Hornby Arts) comments
Hornby Island is finally getting a long dreamed-of artists centre, with construction set to begin between mid and late January.
Rachelle Chinnery, a potter on the Gulf Island who has been involved in the campaign for the arts centre, said the project has been in the works for almost 20 years.Â