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Apply Prior to July 23.
The Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) aims to help communities across Canada build and improve community infrastructure projects so they can rebound from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a national investment of $500 million over 2 years, the Fund’s purpose is to support not-for-profit organizations, municipalities and other community groups, as well as Indigenous communities:
- build new community infrastructure and revitalize existing assets
- bring people back to public spaces safely as health measures ease
- create jobs and stimulate local economies
Eligible applicants
- not-for-profit organizations or charities
- any municipal or regional government, or bodies providing infrastructure services to communities (e.g. municipalities, rural communities, local service districts, public-sector bodies)
- Indigenous-led not-for-profits and organizations
The Fund will provide support to:
- adapt community spaces and assets so that they may be used safely in accordance with local public-health guidelines
- build or improve community infrastructure to encourage Canadians to re-engage in and explore their communities and regions
Eligible projects will be prioritized in the following order:
- revitalize downtown cores and main streets
- reinvent outdoor spaces
- create green infrastructure
- increase the accessibility of community spaces
Examples may include projects involving:
- downtown cores and main streets
- green projects and projects that reduce environmental impacts
- improvement of accessibility
- farmers’ markets
- community and cultural centres
- museums and libraries
- public outdoor community sports facilities and spaces
- waterfront and tourism facilities
- multi-purpose centres
- other existing community facilities for public benefit that have a local community impact and underpin local economies
Further priority will be given to projects that:
- are shovel ready
- bring in other partners to leverage project funding
- are of a smaller scope, where the project will be completed quickly so the program benefits will be shared broadly
- help communities rebound from the effects of the pandemic and contribute to the reanimation of communities, towns and cities
- can demonstrate measurable direct or indirect social-economic benefits
- encourage the participation of under-represented groups and take into consideration the unique challenges of rural and remote communities; and/or
- are submitted by July 23, 2021, 11:59 pm MDT
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