Lillooet community wins $100,000 to build new playground
LILLOOET, B.C. — Beating out 500 other contenders from across B.C., Lillooet has won a $100,000 play space revitalization in the BCAA Play Here Contest.
The winning space was named a finalist in the contest last month, up against some much larger communities.
Toby Mueller with the playground committee says surrounding communities rallied around the small town of Lillooet – voting for its playground dreams to become a reality.
“We got a lot of support regionally from people in Kamloops, Clinton, Cache Creek, Ashcroft, Pemberton. People who come through our town really got behind us, so you just feel the love,” said Mueller.