The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Member of Parliament for Compton-Stanstead, on behalf of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and Geneviève Hébert, Member of the National Assembly for Saint-François,on behalf of Nathalie Roy, Minister of Culture and Communications, are pleased to announce $3,617,400 in funding to renovate Coaticook's Pavillon des arts et de la culture.
Work will be done on both the exterior and interior of the building. The exterior work includes repairing the bell tower, replacing the main entrance door, and improving roof ventilation and drainage. Inside, in addition to building a vestibule and recovering the floors, the piping, washroom facilities, lighting, control room, ventilation and heating systems will be replaced. While providing improved comfort and safety for visitors, the investment will ensure the continued viability of this heritage building, which previously housed the Sisco Memorial Church, built in 1923.
The Government of Canada is investing $1,808,700 in this project under the Community, Cultural and Recreational Infrastructure Stream (CCRIS) of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP). The Government of Quebec is also investing $1,808,700, through its Programme Aide au développement des infrastructures culturelles (PADIC). The municipality of Coaticook is contributing more than $1,664,600 to the project.
