City of Parksville spends $500k to alter new supportive housing project
Parksville councillors are making significant changes to a nearly $7-million, 52-unit supportive housing complex only a month before it opens.
The City of Parksville announced Tuesday it repaid a $492,400 Regional District of Nanaimo grant, which initially helped secure the site at 222 Corfield St. South for the supportive housing facility named Orca Place.
A condition of the grant-in-aid was including space in the facility for a cold weather shelter to help those in the Oceanside area experiencing homelessness in the damp winter months.