Downtown Revitalization Project gets 2 million dollars

The City of Kenora will get getting two million dollars from the provincial government to proceed with phase two of the downtown revitalizationproject.

The funding was announced yesterday by the Northern Ontario HeritageFund.
Jeff Port is the city's planner and says they hope to begin phase twoby the end of the summer.

Port says most of the work will center around the Lake of the WoodsPlaza, which is being developed at the intersection of Main and 1stStreet South on the Harborfront side.

The money will also help fix up aging wharves, and convert theThistle Pavillion into a year-round visitor information center.