Another investment was made today by the provincial government in celebration of Canada 150.
Funding announcement for #canada150 #riverview Minister @RogerMelanson pic.twitter.com/V4vbe5YwWE
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Minister Roger Melanson announced 150 thousand dollars to help enhance Riverview’s downtown and waterfront, Riverview is a growing community and this add on that will help to celebrate Canada with a beautification project at Riverfront Park.”
Riverview is one of several municipalities from the provincial government that has received funding to commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary. Melanson adds, “These investments will make significant beautification improvements to these downtowns, plus it is going to be infrastructure in place for people to celebrate our beautiful country, in every downtown. We need to create the right conditions for people, not only on Canada Day, but year round.”
#Riverview Mayor Ann Seamans #nb pic.twitter.com/BbSABHZ9vt
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Riverview Mayor Ann Seamans says this is great news for their Town, “This will really enhance our riverfront and our downtown. There are several projects that we will work on, including Light Up Riverview. We will really be able to enhance that this year. We will also be adding bike racks and binoculars to the Riverfront, a mural and a riverside cafe. These are all projects we had planned on doing, but with this funding, we can fast track them, Our goal is to have all of the projects completed by the end of 2017.”
Minister @RogerMelanson makes announcement for $150,000 for improvements to #Riverview waterfront pic.twitter.com/PlRzl7ojIv
— 91.9The Bend News (@919TheBendNews) June 29, 2017
