The Windermere Community Hall will receive $60,300 in upgrades thanks to a federal government grant delivered Jan. 6 by David Wilks, Kootenay-Columbia MP, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification. The money is part of the Harper government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF).

“Modernization of the Windermere Community Hall will improve the safety of the facility and enhance local community services. Our government’s funding for this project will help to create jobs, growth and long-term prosperity in our community,” Wilks stated.

The funds will help the Windermere Community Association upgrade the energy efficiency, structural integrity, and roof venting and rainwater evacuation systems of the community hall.

“We are delighted with the support from the Federal Government for the renovations to the Windermere Community Hall,” said Anne Picton, former president, Windermere Community Association. “We feel this will revitalize the community hall and it will become a much more used facility for all ages and groups. We sincerely thank Western Economic Diversification Canada and the Government of Canada’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund.”

CIIF supports, on a cost-shared basis, repairs and improvements to existing community infrastructure accessible to the public. Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is delivering the Fund in Western Canada with an allocation of $46.2 million over two years.

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