The Upper Skeena Recreation Centre will be well equipped with help from the Northern Development Initiative Trust.
The NDIT has announced $125,000 for the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine to outfit the Hazelton centre with bleachers, bench seating, and other equipment needed for recreational programming and rental spaces.
The funding is part of over a half million dollars recently announced by the NDIT.
The Williams Lake Indian Band received nearly $77,000 for renovations to the Elizabeth Grouse Gymnasium, including commercial kitchen equipment, new flooring, and new heating systems.
The Metlakatla First Nation will use over $79,000 to make repairs to the Metlakatla Wilderness Trail which was closed in 2015 after a severe storm.
And the North Peace Airport Society received $250,000 to make much-needed repairs to one of the airport’s two runways.
