The Gibsons Public Market project is getting a major grant.
The Island Coastal Economic Trust has announced 400-thousand dollars for the Gibsons Community Building Society.
Since taking ownership of the old yacht club the Society has made it home to a successful weekly farmers market, and dozens of community events
But the ultimate goal is to create a year-round, Granville Island style indoor market.
The Society launched a capital campaign June 27th, looking to raise just under 3 million dollars.
Executive Director Gerry Zipursky says they also want to establish a Marine Education Centre, modeled on the aquarium in Ucluelet.
Zipursky says the good news about the ICE-T grant has been overshadowed somewhat by the shock and sorrow over the recent death of one of the Society’s founders – Nicholas Sonntag.
Tributes to Sonntag poured in at last weekend’s gala launch for the new capital campaign.
