CLEARWATER – District of Clearwater is receiving $76,000 in Small Community grant, according to a recent media release. Barriere is receiving $73,000 and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District as a whole is getting $26,000.
Most local governments with populations under 20,000 will receive a total of $10 million in Small Community and Regional District Grants to help pay for local infrastructure and service delivery priorities.
As well, eligible municipalities will share $10 million in Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing program funding to help offset the cost of policing and community safety.
“The Strategic Community Investment Fund has been a reliable source of income to B.C. communities for the past four years,” said Bill Bennett, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. “Our government set this up originally when the economy took a nose dive – we wanted to provide funding quickly when the economy was so unstable. Now we are still providing a consistent level of funding communities can rely on to keep services and projects ticking along according to their priorities.”
Since 2009, this provincial fund has provided $562 million to help support B.C. communities, enabling them to invest money in projects that are identified at the local level as a priority.