Deadline: 5-Nov-21
The Columbia Basin Trust is accepting applications for Community Outdoor Revitalization Grants to create, restore or enhance welcoming, safe and vibrant outdoor multi-use community spaces that support community gathering and programming.
Investing in these types of community spaces strengthens the social and cultural fabric of communities by enhancing community pride, supporting a culture of civic engagement and creating a draw for tourism, and business retention and expansion.
Funding Streams
- Project Planning and Design Grants: Available to municipalities, unincorporated areas, and First Nations communities to plan and design these types of spaces in more rural contexts.
- Capital Grants: Available to implement projects that occur in a community outdoor space as defined in this program guide and that upgrade the aesthetics of the space and / or creates opportunities for community interaction and gathering.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include municipalities, regional districts and First Nations communities in the Columbia Basin Trust region.
Applications from non-profit organizations from unincorporated communities will be considered provided the following criteria are met:
- The Regional District agrees upon the need for the project and has been consulted on the project development; and
- The legal ownership of the property to be revitalized is clearly defined and long-term use for the purpose of community gathering is secured.
Deadlines
- Capital Grants: November 5, 2021
- Project Planning and Design Grants: Ongoing
