Cultural Centre: WAYNE GLOWACKI

Lito Taruc Dept: By the 1990s, Winnipeg's then-50,000-strong community had outgrown its cultural centre at the corner of Juno Street and McDermot Avenue. In 1989, the city set aside 1.17 hectares of land for a new cultural centre on Keewatin Street, according to Winnipeg Free Press. In 2004, a $150-a-plate gala grand opening was held in the new 1,300-square-metre centre and the Philippine-Canadian Centre's Lito Taruc: "It's hard to approach the community asking for money again." WAYNE GLOWACKI / Debt steadily being reduced In 2001, the project received $900,000 in infrastructure funding. The community decided to build the $2.3-million centre with commercial rental space and took out a $1.2-million mortgage. Another $200,000 came from donors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.