The Village of Burns Lake and the Lakes District Museum Society are looking to reopen St. John's Heritage Church as a multi-use public facility.
The church, originally known as St. John's Anglican Church, opened on Aug. 25, 1929, making the oldest surviving public building in Burns Lake.
The village government and museum society signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday to create a business plan to reopen the church, with the museum society taking responsibility for managing the structure.
"We are excited to collaborate with the museum society to rejuvenate and reopen this building as an important and vibrant community asset for all to enjoy," Burn Lake Mayor Delores Funk said in a press release.
If the business planning process shows it is feasible to operate the church building as a multi-use building, the village will do the work to reopen the building.
"We look forward to working with the village of this project," Lakes District Museum Society president Russ Skillen said in a press release. "This building should be preserved and open to the public."
