City, RDN awarded grant to support Woodgrove Area complete community

The City of Nanaimo, in partnership with the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), have been awarded a $200,000 Complete Communities grant to fund an assessment in support of the Woodgrove Area becoming a complete community. The funding is provided by the BC Ministry of Housing and administered by the Union of BC Municipalities to support local governments in the creation of more ‘complete communities’. A complete community provides a diversity of housing and a wide range of employment opportunities, amenities and transportation services.