The North Bay and Area Community Foundation and MPP Anthony Rota are announced $653,630 in funding to support 13 projects in northern Ontario as part of the Canada Healthy Communities Initiative.
"Through the $60-million Initiative, the Government of Canada, alongside Community Foundations of Canada, is building safer spaces and ensuring a higher quality of life for people across the country, by helping communities adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19," says a news release.
Local recipients include:
Creative Industries – Downtown Waterfront Public Art - $33,362
Centre Communautaire de Lavigne – Multi-use Park and Playground - $75,000
Trauma Practices for Healthy Communities – Trauma Practice for Rural and Northern Ontario (Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane, Algoma, Sudbury, Timiskaming, Nipissing, Manitoulin and Parry Sound) - $19,689
White Water Gallery – Art Fix – Planting Seeds of Hope - $47,462
Town of Cobalt – Historic Mining Camp Family Park - $70,000
