Friends of Chippewa Park's new project co-ordinator Andrew Ktytor (left) stands with Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski and Friends project manager Iain Angus.
A new pair of hands is joining the Friends of Chippewa Park thanks to some federal funding.
The federal government announced Tuesday it’s investing $31,500 to hire a project co-ordinator intern for the next year.
Andrew Ktytor got the job, and will work on the park’s 2021 centennial celebrations.
The plan is to hold a five-day family festival over the August 2021 long weekend, but Ktytor says he’ll focus on the basics first.
“Right now we’re just trying to get funding and create awareness and make sure that everything can still happen. Especially with COVID still going on, making sure that’s in the back of our minds, but yeah it’s going to be a fun process of making this festival next year a fun one,” Ktytor says.
Ktytor is from Thunder Bay and has a background in business and marketing.
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski is optimistic that the event co-ordinator position will help the new hire build up skills, and improve the park itself.
He recalls visiting Chippewa Park often as a child, and says he’d like to see it become that popular again.
“It’s been a big part of Thunder Bay for a lot of years, and it would be nice to see Chippewa restored, maybe, to the glory it once had,” the Liberal MP says.
