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Grant cheques help local projects

Collymount Recreation Association members accept a $20,000 cheque on behalf to the association from the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund.
Grant cheques help local projects
Collymount Recreation Association members accept a $20


Collymount Recreation Association members accept a $20,000 cheque on behalf to the association from the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund.

Members of the Collymount Recreation Association travelled to  Burns Lake to accept a cheque for $20,000 from the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund (NKDF). The NKDF money goes towards ongoing upgrades at the Trout Creek Hall on the north side of Francois Lake. Pictured here is Wayne Salewski, NKDF chair, Collymount Association members and volunteers, Della Weymer, Diane Tremblay, Kathy Walker and Tom Shelford, with Sophie Lobermeyer accepting the cheque on behalf to the association from Dan Boudreau, NKDF executive director.

Lake Babine Nation members accept an $8,984 cheque from the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund towards ongoing hall renovations.

Lake Babine Nation  Housing & Infrastructure Manager, Patrick Bernard (centre) accepts a cheque from Wayne Salewski, board chair of the Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund (NKDF) for $8,984, while joined by some of the workers involved in the project. The NKDF money goes towards upgrades at the Margaret Patrick Memorial Hall, including repainting the exterior and a new sign.

The Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund grants a $1734 cheque to the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako for signage.

Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund (NKDF) Chair Wayne Salewski, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) Chair Bill Miller, and NKDF Executive Director Dan Boudreau. Miller accepted a $1735 cheque on behalf of the RDBN from the NKDF to help with making new Farmer's Market tent signs, banners and highway signs identifying the Lakes District Region's farmer's markets.

A $4165 cheque from the Nechako-Kitamaat Development Fund will help the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako develop their image bank program.

Nechako Kitamaat Development Fund (NKDF) Chair Wayne Salewski, Regional District of Bulkley Nechako (RDBN) Chair Bill Miller, Village of Burns Lake Economic Development Officer, Emile Sheffel, and NKDF Executive Director Dan Boudreau. Sheffel and Miller accepted a $4,165 cheque from the NKDF towards the Image Bank Project. The Image Bank is a database of images that can be accessed to promote the region.