Co-op Community Spaces providing $1M for local projects

Feb 10, 2022 | 6:00 AM

Community projects looking for a funding boost can consider applying for a grant from the Co-op Community Spaces program.

Now into its seventh year, the program is providing $1 million for capital projects that will bring Western Canadian communities together.

(Image credit: Armstrong Regional Co-op)

Co-op Community Spaces began in 2015 to help protect, beautify, and improve spaces, and since then, it has provided $10.5 million to 147 projects that bolster the social, economic, and environmental well being of communities.

Non-profit organizations, registered charities or community service co-operatives can apply online between now and March 1, 2022 for projects dedicated to recreation, environmental conservation and urban agriculture. Grants of between $25,000 and $150,000 are available per project.

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The Armstrong Regional Cooperative (ARC) is part of the program.

“Finding ways to support our community is even more important as we’ve all been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said ARC marketing and sales manager Jason Keis. We’re looking forward to a time when we’ll all be able to gather as a community again and we encourage all of our community organizations who could benefit from Community Spaces capital funding to apply.”

Federated Co-operatives Limited administers the program on behalf of more than 160 independent local co-ops across Western Canada.

To learn more about Co-op Community Spaces, or apply for funding, visit communityspaces.ca

by Pete McIntyre

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