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If you have a creative idea to make your community’s streets safer, it could be eligible for $750 in funding.

Community associations, cultural communities, business improvement areas and other grass-roots organizations keen to make their streets more walkable can soon apply for a micro-grant, after council approved an application to the city’s innovation fund on Monday.

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The pitch to spend $172,000 on a program that will dole out $112,500 in grants to 150 community projects across the city passed in a 9-5 vote.

Councillors Andre Chabot, Sean Chu, Peter Demong, Joe Magliocca and Ward Sutherland voted against the ‘Walk21 Community Microgrants’ program. Coun. Jim Stevenson was absent.

The funds are meant to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday and coincide with Walk21, an international conference on walking the University of Calgary is hosting this September.

Ward 7 Coun. Druh Farrell said the conference will bring experts, focussed on pedestrian safety, from around the world to Calgary.