Community Halls and Recreation Facilities

Program Overview

The Community Halls and Recreation Facilities program provides municipalities, regional districts, First Nations and non‐profit groups with a one‐time $30,000 grant from a Regional Development Account to improve or expand existing facilities, in order to increase the number of events held annually in the community, contributing to service sector revenues in the local economy.

Features and Benefits of the program include:

• A time sensitive approval process for complete and well documented applications
• Supports the sustainability and expansion of local community infrastructure to host events which increase tourism revenues.
• Flexible consideration of donated time and labour by business and volunteers.
• Northern Development funding is accessible to all rural areas that would not usually have an opportunity to apply for funding for a larger economic development infrastructure project.

Objectives

• To improve the sustainability and event hosting capacity of community halls and recreation facilities that indirectly generate revenues for the hospitality service sector.
• To provide a program that benefits the local economies of small communities and rural areas of central and northern British Columbia.

Apply For Funding

Prior to submitting an application for funding, please review the Application Guide and following documents in detail.  Please note that only complete Application Forms will be accepted.

• Application Guide (412 KB PDF)
• Application Form (Requires Adobe Reader 8.0+ – 298 KB PDF)

Complete Application Forms with all required attachments should be provided electronically to Northern Development by email.   Facsimile or paper copies are not preferred, but can be accepted for required attachments:

Application Guide

Application Guide
(412 KB PDF)

Application Form

Application Form
(298 KB PDF)