Funding Opportunity: Places To Grow Implementation Fund
Posted: July 15, 2015
Categories: Food in the News / Funding Opportunities / GoodFoodBites
The Places to Grow Implementation Fund gives the opportunity to municipalities, municipal organizations, incorporated academic institution (including universities, colleges, other educational institutions or hospitals), incorporated sector professional and non-governmental/not-for-
The Fund provides grants between $5,000 and $50,000 to the innovative ideas that promote and help achieve the policies or goals of the Province’s growth plans: Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 and Growth Plan for Northern Ontario, 2011.
The objectives of the Place to Grow funding program are:
- Increase knowledge and understanding of growth planning in Ontario through research and data collection.
- Foster greater public knowledge, awareness and understanding of the merits of growth planning in Ontario through training and education.
This year’s fund will give priority on projects focusing on enhancing implementation of growth planning policies, for example building complete and resilient communities, integrating cost-effective infrastructure, and curbing urban sprawl.
Applications will be received until September 25, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Find more information about the program, the application guidelines and application form.
Read more about Sustain Ontario’s comments and recommendations on the Coordinated Land Use Review to the Environmental Bill of Rights registry on May 28, 2015, among them some key principles and recommendations on the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe.