Co-op is helping to build a place for everyone in Steinbach, with $65,000 in funding for upgrades to the Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre.
The Co-op Community Spaces Program is providing $65,000 to the organization’s Creation Innovation! Community Project. The project will upgrade the interior and exterior of the Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre, a former school built in 1936 that now drives creativity through expanded arts programming.
“The Steinbach Arts Council is excited to receive this funding to enhance our Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre, the recreation hub of the Southeast region,” said Cynthia Rempel Patrick, Executive Director of Steinbach Arts Council and Steinbach Cultural Arts Centre. “This funding will allow us to develop a creative outdoor learning space which will benefit thousands of children enrolled in our arts programs, as well as enrich our surrounding neighborhoods, and families in our community. Enhanced features to the facility overall will strengthen public awareness through experiential connections with the arts and local artists.”
Co-op Community Spaces is investing in community projects across Western Canada, from Vancouver Island through to Manitoba. The program helps create, protect and improve projects dedicated to environmental conservation, recreation and urban agriculture.
This year, 24 organizations will receive a total $2 million for their community projects. Since 2015, Coop Community Spaces has donated $6.5 million to 88 projects.
“Co-op Community Spaces is an exciting program that provides another opportunity for Co-op to give back and invest in local projects across Western Canada,” said Henry Nickel, General Manager of Clearview Co-op Ltd. “By supporting projects like this, we’re helping to build and support a vibrant and healthy community where people can come together.”
The giving program is administered by Federated Co-operatives Limited on behalf of more than 180 independent retail Co-operatives across Western Canada that form the Co-operative Retailing System.
The complete list of 2018 Co-op Community Spaces funding recipients will be announced later in June. For more information about the program, please visit www.communityspaces.ca.
