VANCOUVER ISLAND — The Province of British Columbia is using the BC Rural Dividend Program to provide $1.28-million for four projects on Vancouver Island and the central coast.
The funding is part of close to $8 million in 58 project grants through the program awarded to local governments, First Nations and not-for-profit organizations. Grants can be up to $100,000 each, or up to $500,000 each for partnership projects.
Dzawada’enuxw First Nation will get $500,000 to complete detailed planning on the Padukus Hydropower run-of-river project in partnership with the British Columbia Institute of Technology, replacing 96 per cent of the diesel fuel used by residents of Gwa’yi Village in the Kingcome Inlet area of the central coast.
The Village of Sayward will use $100,000 to implement the first phase of its downtown Working Waterfront project, which includes design and construction of a trail and lookout deck. The first phase of the Village of Tahsis’s Community Unity Trail will receive $200,000. The trail goes from Tahsis to the headwaters of the Little Zeballos River.
Quatsino First Nation will receive $481,500 to identify and prioritize development goals within its traditional territory, located on the west coast of northern Vancouver Island. Quatsino First Nation will work in partnership with Interfor.
“These projects will yield environmental and economic benefits for Dzawada’enuxw First Nation, Quatsino First Nation, and the villages of Sayward and Tahsis. We are listening to rural communities so we can help them take on projects they know will make a real difference,” North Island MLA Claire Trevana said in a statement.
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