Community Identity, Tourism & Economic Development…
Communications for Area “B”:
Goals: Website and Newsletter
We want to tell our stories through this Community Portal. We will be connecting to people within our own community and beyond. We will share our landscape - Identify clearly who we are and increase our potential!
•Assess our potential through area meetings.
The Structure is Director Kettle’s APC committee & sub committee's such as the communication's; we are taking on the task of compiling information from the communities within this region of study and reporting back so it is a fair and equitable process so every community is heard.
•The starting point will be mapping of assets:
Clearly Identify community resources;
Tourist locations, Industry, Businesses;
Physical buildings & Sites: Playgrounds, Halls, Schools;
People assets- Associations, Volunteers, Professionals;
•Vision Statement for Area
Grant Opportunities
Please read over these grant opportunities to see if your community or association would be eligible for funding. You will have to go directly to the websites and investigate the Criteria pertaining to your interests.
Watch for DEADLINES! ...
Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust
The person to contact with questions related to funding from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust is Ron Baker at (250) 545-6829 ceo@sidit-bc.ca. Submissions should be directed to the attention of Anita Rhodes admin@sidit-bc.ca. SIDIT Board meetings are scheduled for Jan 30 and Mar 28. Submissions would be required at least 4 weeks in advance of Board meetings.
Selection criteria for SIDIT funding is outlined in the guidelines on SIDIT's website
SIDIT’s funding focus is primarily on loans with 10% of the Trust's annual disbursement target of $7.5 million eligible for grant funding. A map of SIDIT's service area is available at http://www.sidit-bc.ca/map.html
Here are links to the other funding programs:
UBCM Community Tourism Program
is designed to assist communities to enhance tourism activities in their community or region.
Heritage Canada's Building Communities through Arts and Heritage
Heritage Canada's Canadian Arts and Heritage Sustainability Program
Heritage Canada's Museum's Assistance Program
BC Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts (various programs)
Columbia Basin Trust
Community Initiatives Program! & others
Lotteries_Gaming Grants
BC 150
