HALIFAX – Community groups are still rallying to replace an iconic Nova Scotia barn, destroyed by fire.
The Red Barn was a cultural landmark that stood in Cole Harbour, N.S., for decades. It was set on fire and burned to the ground in March of 2011.
The barn was insured, but the majority of the money was spent on demolishing it, and cleaning up the site. A tender was issued in 2014 to build a new barn by government. Only two estimates were submitted, each pegging the cost between $700,000 and $800,000. In late December, the tender for the new barn was cancelled.
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Community groups, like the Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association are now looking to rebuild the barn with cheaper materials in accordance with heritage guidelines, to get the community’s namesake back.
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Holly Woodill, chair of the Cole Harbour Parks and Trails Association said the group is in talks with both provincial and municipal government officials to re-build the barn. She continues to ask community members to contact Tony Ince, the Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage for the province of Nova Scotia to give their thoughts on the reconstruction of the barn.
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