Multiple communities around Drayton Valley receive provincial grant to assist with coal transition
Coal communities around Drayton Valley are receiving provincial funding as they continue their transition away from coal.
Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous was in Wabamun today where he announced nearly $5 million worth of grants to 12 communities across the province including three surrounding Drayton Valley.
The village of Warburg will receive $375,000, the town of Thorsby $245,000 and the village of Wabamun is in line to receive $347,000.
Minister Bilous says Warburg is focused on an industrial infrastructure plan for an over 100 acre parcel of land that they want to turn into an mixed use industrial park while Thorsby is wanting to encourage the revitalization of their community so they have identified objectives to develop or rehabilitate services within their community.