November 19, 2008
Community Places Grant Applications Now Available
Grant applications for Manitoba’s popular Community Places program are being accepted until Feb. 15, Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport Minister Eric Robinson said today.
“This program helps communities improve facilities that provide Manitobans with a variety of leisure, recreation and wellness programs and opportunities,” said Robinson. “These social and cultural benefits are essential to the quality of life in any community and I’m pleased Community Places will support valuable community facilities.”
The Community Places program provides funding and planning assistance to non-profit community organizations for facility construction, upgrading, expansion or acquisition projects. Eligible projects must provide sustainable recreational and wellness benefits to communities. Non-profit organizations can apply for assistance with critical building repairs, energy-saving initiatives and user-related improvements.
Eligible projects can receive up to 50 per cent of the first $15,000 of total project costs and up to one‑third of costs over that amount. The maximum grant is $50,000. Applicants must contribute to project costs by providing additional resources from local fundraising, grants from local governments and other sources, and donated labour and materials.
In 2008, the provincial government supported 291 neighbourhood construction projects provincewide in both rural and urban communities. These grants are listed on the Community Places website.
Grant applications and more information on the Community Places Program are available at Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism and Sport regional offices, the Community Places program office in Winnipeg, by telephone at 945‑0502 or 1-800-894-3777 (toll‑free), by email at mcpp@gov.mb.ca or on the Internet at www.gov.mb.ca/chc/grants.
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