Former motel rejuvenated for aboriginal housing

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New life is being breathed into a former hotel by the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.

For now, it’s a shabby shell of a 1968 motel undergoing renovation, heavy equipment crowding its courtyard. But in April, the refurbished former Traveller’s Inn at 120 Gorge Rd. will welcome a multi-generational aboriginal community desperately in need of affordable housing.

Read the article: Former motel rejuvenated for aboriginal housing

Source: Times Colonist

Author: Katherine Dedyna

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