SYDNEY, N.S. — The province will contribute $3.2 million to redeveloping the former Holy Angels convent into what’s being billed as an arts, culture and innovation centre.
Premier Stephen McNeil announced a grant of $3.2 million for the Cape Breton Centre for Arts, Culture and Innovation project. New Dawn Enterprises, which owns the building and is leading the project, will contribute a further $1 million.
The 40,000-square-foot $12-million centre is intended to provide affordable space for artists, social enterprises and not-for-profit organizations. The project will see the four floors of the building renovated to be the future home of Cape Breton musicians, dancers and dance studios, visual artist studios, theatre groups, artists-in-residence, an innovation hub and technology startups.
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