Legacy Co-op has committed $100,000 to the expansion of the brick mill in Yorkton.
“We’re very excited to have another sponsorship,” said Larry Pearen, Director of the Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society.
Pearen said having a business such as Co-op become involved with a major commitment to be funded over five years, is very positive for the project to build an interpretive centre in conjunction with the existing historic mill.
“Terry Tyson, Chairman of our Capital Committee, has been working hard with several agri-business and is just waiting to hear back,” said Pearen, adding, “the project has been receiving a lot of favour.”
The Legacy Co-op sponsorship involves the naming rights to the event space planned for the interpretive centre.
“The mill event space will be named with Legacy Co-op,” said Pearen, though an exact title has yet to be chosen.
The YBMHS aims to raise 2.2 million dollars for a major expansion of the mill, as noted on their website, YorktonFlourMill.ca
Terry Tyson, Chairman of the YBMHS Capital Committee said the group is nearing the $1,000,000 mark.
“It’s a bit fluid, as we have a couple of expected announcements to come shortly. At the risk of being vague, I’d say we’re closing in on $1 million,” said Tyson in an e-mail with Yorkton This Week.
Pearen said the YBMHS has recently submitted an application to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).
“The Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program is one way the Government of Canada is delivering funding to communities through the Investing in Canada Plan. The program provides long-term, stable funding delivered by Infrastructure Canada. Under the program, over $33-billion in funding is being delivered through bilateral agreements between Infrastructure Canada and each of the provinces and territories,” as noted on Infrastructure.gc.ca
