The District of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan will receive $60,300 in federal funding to help implement a collaborative plan that will guide the development of University Village, located next to Duncan’s downtown core.
The funding for the plan comes from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change’s Green Municipal Fund, which is also helping to finance 20 similar projects in communities across Canada, totalling $31.5 million.
The two municipalities, which share land in the University Village area, have experienced slow but steady population growth in the past decade, driven largely by the tourism and service sectors.
Duncan and North Cowichan aim to direct new sustainable, mixed-use development into the area with the plan.