College expansion gets funding from council
Carleton Place offers support for Perth campus. Campus will feature PSW program.
2010-02-04
LANARK COUNTY – Carleton Place town councillors feel so strongly about local post-secondary education, they’re willing to put their money on it.
On Jan. 26, the town agreed to contribute $10,000 over five years to the Algonquin College expansion of the Perth campus.
Representatives from Algonquin College approached the Town of Carleton Place in late January in hopes of gaining some financial support for the project.
At the end of May 2009, Jim Watson and MP Scott Reid announced contributions under the Knowledge Infrastructure Program.
The project will cost an estimated $10 million, with $4.2 million from the federal government and $4.8 million from the provincial government.
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