Iqaluit’s own grow-op comes closer to reality

A local organization’s dream of allotment gardens under glass is approaching fruition.

The engineering and development committee decided this week to recommend to council that it lease a lot in the first phase of the Plateau subdivision to the Greenhouse Society to provide space to residents for community gardens.

The lease would be for 20 years at $1 annually. But if council approves, the society must, within three years of signing a lease, provide proof of funding for the greenhouse. And construction would have to be completed within six years of signing the lease.

As well, the society would have to post a performance deposit of $100,000 before construction commenced.