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Deputy Premier to visit Chéticamp recipient of Community Generator Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

8 February, 2023

CHETICAMP, INVERNESS COUNTY – Inverness MLA and Deputy Premier Allan MacMaster will take part in a press event at 1 pm on Thursday 9th February 2023, at the North Inverness Recreation Centre Association (NIRCA) in Chéticamp, one of the recipients of the Community Generator Program.

The Community Generator Program is a fund created by the province of Nova Scotia in September 2022 in the wake of Hurricane Fiona. The provincial contribution is worth $656,000 in Inverness County.

“People in our communities are always there for each other,” said MacMaster. “These generators will ensure our gathering places are warm and welcoming, especially when we need them most.”

The Municipality of the County of Inverness has committed over $253,000 to purchase and install generators in 19 designated community comfort centres throughout the County.

The community comfort centres equipped with generators will be able to serve as gathering spaces for community members when the need arises, for example in the case of power outages due to extreme weather. The investments have been targeted with attention to population distribution within the County. Remote areas, such as Meat Cove at the northernmost point of Cape Breton Island, have also benefitted from the investment.

“Thanks to this investment from the Province and the Municipality, residents and visitors of Inverness County can be reassured that there will be a safe, warm and welcoming space nearby where they can shelter and connect with others in the community, if the need arises,” said Inverness County Council Warden Bonny MacIsaac.

Registered Nova Scotia non profits or Legions which own their own premises were eligible to apply for the fund. The fund recipients in Inverness County are as follows: the fire halls in Blues Mills,  Lake Ainslie, West Bay Road, Whycocomagh, and Valley Mills; the Community Centres in Glendale, Cranton Cross Roads, and Meat Cove; as well as Port Hood Food Bank, the Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre, the Inverness County Centre for the Arts, North Inverness Recreation Centre Association, the Mi-Carême Interpretive Centre, West Mabou Hall, Judique Hall and Creignish Hall.

Applications for the 2023-24 Community Generator Program are open now and close on February 14.

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Media contact:


Keith MacDonald
CAO
Municipality of the County of Inverness
375 Main Street, Port Hood, NS B0E 2W0
keith.macdonald@invernesscounty.ca
902.787.5999

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