At their meeting Tuesday night Flin Flon City Council reported they have hired the Arts Council’s Crystal Kolt as Director of Cultural and Community Initiatives.  Chief Administrative Officer Lyn Brown explained Crystal will be focusing on this community as a hub for arts, culture and wellbeing and will focus on bringing more people to this community, on speaking to funders such as the Canada Council of the Arts in terms of what we need with a much broader and global focus than what she has been doing already.

Mayor George Fontaine added Crystal has had some big ideas and she has to be in a position where she can facilitate some of these things and we’d like to see some come to fruition as she’ll have the time and backing to move forward in a bigger way.

In an earlier part of the meeting members of Council said they are all focused on this community with its arts programs but also attracting new industry and getting the new pool started.  Mayor Fontaine noted we’re going to work on this as a great place to live.