Last weekend, the Ituna Arena officially opened its doors to the public with its grand opening.

But it was far from an quick and easy process to get the building up and running.

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It took a cash infusion from Kraft Hockeyville and a lot of community fundraising.

In the video above, Jacob Carr has the story of how a community’s dream became a reality.