The Swan Valley Co-op will host a Grand Opening celebration for the community this Thursday, featuring food, family fun, and in-store sales.

 

The Rotary Club and the Agricultural Society are providing some tents and tables for the event.

 

Free food will be served from 11:30 to 1:30 at the former Building Supplies Timber Mart on Highway 10, south of The Pas.

 

The co-op has a new program called Communities in full colour; Natasha Ralph, the manager at the Swan Valley co-op in town, shares details.

 

"Federated Co-op gives us some dollars to support community projects that are in need of paint.

We have our own Co-op Imagine brand of paint.  That allows us to get some community funding for projects that, you know, require a little bit of paint.  

 

So whether it's a storefront or a rec center or something that needs uh a little sprucing up, we're there to help."

 

Because this is the program's first year, Natasha said this year, 1,000 dollars will be available for local projects.

 

Learn more about the program by attending Thursday's Grand Opening event.