Deadline: 26-Oct-22
The Columbia Basin Trust has launched Trail Enhancement Grants to provide flexible and proactive support to help communities achieve their unique aspirations when it comes to trails.
The aim of the program is to enhance recreation opportunities in the Basin.
Funding Information
- There is no maximum amount for grant requests. However, the Trust anticipates that many successful grants will be in the range of $10,000 to $60,000.
Eligible Projects
The following projects and costs are eligible:
- Development of trails to:
- expand and accommodate accessible standards for people with disabilities, mobility issues or adaptive equipment;
- are short sections that link other trails together (connector trails); and
- mitigate identified environmental issues or incorporate climate resilience considerations.
- Rehabilitation of trails that:
- are damaged due to large or catastrophic weather events; and
- have identified environmental issues that need to be mitigated.
- Construction of complementary trail infrastructure that will enhance the user experience, such as:
- trailside and trailhead recreation facilities (eg signs/kiosks, washrooms, picnic tables, benches, gazebos, garbage cans and huts);
- trail infrastructure (eg culverts, boardwalks and bridges) added to existing trails or built to replace aging or unsafe infrastructure; also eligible are the associated design and engineering costs; and
- elements that contribute to the awareness of Indigenous heritage or that of other cultures.
- New in 2022: Capital expenses for equipment that directly supports your project or mandate may be considered if requests are under $10,000 and for items such as:
- trail counters; and
- equipment (eg shovels, rakes, brush hogs, chainsaws, packers/compactors, wheelbarrows and storage units).
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include registered non-profits, local governments and First Nations communities in the Columbia Basin Trust region.
- Your project must benefit a region or broad group of people in the Basin. The primary beneficiary cannot be the applicant or solely the members of a membership-based organization.
- To be eligible, applicants operating outside the Basin must partner with community-based organizations in the Basin and show that the project takes place in the Basin.
For more information, visit https://ourtrust.org/grants-and-programs-directory/trail-enhancement-grants/