If Nipigon taxpayers want to give their community a facelift they are going to have dig deep into their pockets to pay for it. A proposed revitalization project will cost the town of 2,400 residents $12 million.

The current plan calls for the project to be paid over five years, but this could be extended to seven or 10 years, a consultant says.

The two senior levels of government will be asked to contribute. Local taxpayers would be expected to pay up to a quarter of each phase of the project.