The Rural Community of Upper Miramichi will receive $581,000 to invest in a community centre.
Miramichi MP Tilly O'Neill-Gordon joined provincial Human Resources Minister Rick Brewer and Upper Miramichi Mayor Scott Clowater in making the announcement recently.
 
"Our investment of more than $200,000 through the community adjustment fund will allow the Rural Community of Upper Miramichi to create employment opportunities by constructing a new 3,500-square-foot, multifunctional community centre," O'Neill-Gordon said.
 
The centre, to be built in Boiestown, will become home to the rural municipality's offices and provide space for local economic development agencies.
It will create a location for local unemployed workers to prepare for future employment.
 
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