Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center executive director Lani Hotch told a crowd at the project’s annual benefit dinner Friday she hopes to open the doors at the center May 2016, but that will require raising at least $3.1 million.

Hotch outlined about $2 million in upcoming grant requests for Phase II of the project, which involves finishing the interior, completing exhibits, parking and landscaping, including an outdoor mosaic and a boardwalk.

The full bill for completion…