Tk’emlúps receives $1M in provincial funding for continuation of retail development project

TK’EMLÚPS TE SECWÉPEMC — The province of B.C. has announced it is chipping in $1 million towards an ongoing redevelopment project by Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (TteS).

The money comes as part of a $4-million government commitment for communities in the Southern Interior to promote economic diversity and infrastructure development. The allocation for the Southern Interior is included in the second intake of the province’s Rural Economic Diversification and Infrastructure Program (REDIP).

The development project earmarked for the funding already has Sweláps Market, a band-owned and operated grocery store, in place, with a gas station, restaurant, pharmacy and other retail spaces planned in the future.

In a release, the province says through the first round of REDIP funding, TteS previously received $100,000 to “increase internal capacity of their economic development corporation and enhance the ability to act on economic opportunities.”