TEESSIDE'S Chinese community is celebrating a £300,000 boost towards the development of a home for its members in the region.
Work is under way on the site, in St John's Wood, Middlesbrough, to build apartments and communal facilities.
The development is on the site of a disused garage next to scheme organiser Tees Valley Housing Group's head office, in North Ormesby Road.
Tees Valley Chinese Community Centre Limited, the group set up to oversee the development and running of the site, has received £300,000 from the Community Fund for the community centre aspect of the scheme.
The project has also received a Single Regeneration Budget grant of £64,196.
The result of bids for European funding and Henry Smith Foundation money are awaited.
Kew Lim, chairwoman of the centre committee, said: "We are looking forward to the expected completion of this very important new home for the North-East Chinese community.
"This funding goes a long way towards completing the scheme, and we are confident that the rest of the funding will be received to bring the project to fruition."
Tees Valley Housing Group chief executive Alison Thain, said: "Work on site is already well under way, and this funding boost is helping us to realise this long-anticipated project."
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