The Western Development Museum in Saskatoon has received funding that will make Boomtown Street more accessible to visitors.

The WDM consulted with Spinal Cord Injury Saskatchewan Inc. to create a plan to make six additional buildings on Boomtown Street wheelchair accessible with funding for the project including $106,410 comes from PrairiesCan and $40,790 from Canadian Heritage.

The more accessible buildings include the pool hall, newspaper office, bank, telephone house, town office and the railway platform. These changes include banister railings, creating ramps, curbs on walkways, transitions from ramps to pavement and the installation of guard rails.

Boomtown is a representation of a prairie town from 1910. It has more than 30 buildings featuring everything from a harness shop and livery to a doctor’s office and schoolhouse