CHEZZETCOOK, N.S. — The Government of Canada is providing over $1.5 million in funding for l’Acadie de Chezzetcook to purchase and renovate the former St. Anselm Church and its presbytery, to create the Centre acadien de l’Anse de Chezzetcook.
The L’Acadie de Chezzetcook Association offers a range of services, programs and cultural activities for the Acadian and Francophone community in the region.
The funding will be provided through the Canadian Heritage’s Community Spaces Fund of the Development of Official Language Communities Program.
The former church is anticipated to become a meeting place, cultural development centre and a space for interpretation, visual arts and performance and cultural awareness.
In addition to the former church building, the association will also purchase the former presbytery house and renovate the spaces to transform them into a community centre.
The centre will include multi-purpose rooms, collaborative offices for non-profits, a community kitchen and short-term lodging for artists-in-residence or short-term workers.
The establishment of Centre acadien de l’Anse de Chezzetcook will allow the association to offer more services, activities and events for the region’s growing Acadian and Francophone community.
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