Thank you to Councillor Browaty, Councillor Allard, Councillor Mayes, Councillor Lukes, Councillor Gillingham and Councillor Chambers for joining me at the Riverview Community Centre today for the Community Centre Renovation Grant announcement and Celebrating community centres!
Fifteen City-owned community centres will receive funding for renovations through the City of Winnipeg’s Community Centre Renovation Grant (CCRG) program.
The community centres receiving grants are:
- Chalmers
- South Transcona
- Norberry-Glenlee
- South Winnipeg
- North Kildonan
- Sturgeon Heights
- Notre Dame
- Westdale
- Park City West
- Whyte Ridge
- Ralph Brown
- Windsor
- Red River
- Woodhaven Park
- Riverview
The CCRG program received 15 applications requesting a total of $1,155,999.88 during the fall 2019 intake period, all of which were approved.
The program ensures that City-owned, board-run community centres can access much-needed assistance required to complete facility repairs, upgrades, retrofits, safety improvements, and renovation projects. The grant allows them the ability to set programming priorities.
The program has two intake periods each year: a spring intake in March and a fall intake in October. October 2019 was the sixteenth application period for the program. Since the program’s inception in 2012, the City has invested $7,662,885.28 towards 180 community centre applications for renovations across the city.
Information regarding the CCRG Program, including how community centres can apply, can be found at City of Winnipeg – Community Centres.