Neighbourhood improvement grants available

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In celebration of Earth Day week, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent is pleased to announce the first round of the Cultivating Neighbourhoods Grant Program (CNGP). Council is committed to encouraging community development through partnerships with community groups, and those planning neighbourhood improvement projects for 2014 are invited to apply for funding.

The money will be awarded through a “on-line voting” process. All applications will be evaluated and five applications will be published on the municipal website
www.chatham-kent.ca. Citizens can vote for the project they want to have funded. The three projects with the most votes will be awarded money as follows:

First Place $2,500
Second Place $1,500
Third Place $1,000

The deadline for applications is Friday, May 9 at 4:30 p.m. The grant guidelines and application forms will be available on Tuesday, April 22 at all municipal centres and public libraries throughout Chatham-Kent, and will also be available online
at www.chatham-kent.ca.

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