Mayor Colleen Smook is one of five new members of the Communities Economic Development Fund board of directors.

She says that it’s an honour to have been named to the board, and that it goes hand in hand with the lobbying efforts she’s been involved in with the City of Thompson.

She added that she wants to see the board work with the Province to restore non-tradition lending for small businesses, trappers and fishers.

The other board appointments are OCN’s James Wilson, Manitoba Chambers of Commerce president and CEO Chuck Davidson, Flin Flon’s Becky Cianflone and UCN president Doug Lauvstad.

More information on the appointments can be found here.