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Optimist Hill campaign finalist in Kraft-Heinz Project Play competition

Mark McMorris and his brother Craig do flips and jumps with Saskatoon kids as the brothers throw their support behind the Optimist Hill project at Diefenbaker Park. The Optimist Hill campaign is looking the win the grand prize of $250,000 in the Kraft-Heinz Project Play competition. Luke Banville / Global News

A winter park project in Saskatoon is one of four finalists in the Kraft-Heinz Project Play competition.

The Optimist Hill campaign is hoping to win the grand prize of $250,000 to put them over the top of their $1.9 million fundraising goal.

READ MORE: Mark McMorris throws support behind Optimist Hill project

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The hill at Diefenbaker Park would be raised by over 30 feet, which would create 400 feet of usable slope.

Plans for phase one of the project include a tube hill park and a snow terrain park, along with snowboard and ski areas.

There will also be a conveyor belt lift and expansions will be made to the existing toboggan runs.

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Snowboarders Craig and Mark McMorris have thrown their support behind the Optimist Hill campaign and Saskatoon-based Catterall & Wright Consulting Engineers has been chosen as lead project managers.

READ MORE: Saskatoon-based firm named as lead project managers for Optimist Hill

The winner of the competition will be decided by a national online vote that starts at 10 a.m. Friday and runs until 10 p.m. Saturday.

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