Projects in the South Okanagan are going ahead with the help of federal cash, including a new industrial park in Oliver on the OIB near Gallagher Lake, a reforestation initiative at a nursery in Princeton and arts career training in Penticton.

Okanagan-Coquihalla MP Stockwell Day announced more than $3.6 million for the three projects Saturday.

They include $2.7 million to develop an industrial park on Osoyoos Indian Band land near Oliver. The money will pay for road work and utilities infrastructure.

A grant of $585,750 is going to CSQ Environmental Technologies Ltd. to grow hybrid poplar root stock on a 10 hectare site. It will be used for soil remediation and reforestation projects.

And another $400,000 will build a training and entrepreneurial employment centre at the Okanagan School of Arts in Penticton.

The money is part of the federal economic stimulus project.