City awards renovation grants to 14 community centres

Released: 10:41 a.m.

Winnipeg, MB - Mayor Brian Bowman announced today that 14 City-owned community centres will receive funding for renovations.

The Community Centre Renovation Grant Program (CCRG) approved 14 applications from the Spring 2016 intake period for a combined total of $609,494 in grant funding. Since the program’s inception, the City of Winnipeg has invested $4,244,034 into 111 different community centre applications for renovations across the city.

“Community centres are an important part of our community,” said Mayor Brian Bowman. “I am pleased we are able to support many of our centres with much needed support for repairs and upgrades, and help them continue to bring neighbours together and provide our youth with healthy, active activities.”

The community centres receiving grants are:

Burton Cummings Chalmers Dakota Garden City Melrose Park Morse Place Norberry-Glenlee North Kildonan Park City West River Osborne Riverview Valley Gardens Vince Leah Wildwood

The CCRG Program was adopted by Council in 2012. The program ensures that City-owned, board-run community centres can access the much-needed assistance required to complete facility repairs and allow them the ability to set programming priorities.

The program provides up to $965,000 in total annual funding for community centres to access in support of repairs, upgrades, retrofits, safety improvements and renovation projects. Each community centre applicant is eligible for 100 per cent support of project costs to a maximum of $50,000 per project per calendar year.

The program has two intake periods each year: spring intake in March and fall intake in October. The spring 2016 is the ninth application period for the program.

Information regarding the CCRG Program, including how community centres can apply, can be found at City of Winnipeg - Community Centres.