City of WL Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Event Hosting Grant

Courtesy of the City of Williams Lake:

The City of Williams Lake is now accepting applications for its November intake of a semiannual Event Hosting Grant.

The Event Hosting Grant was introduced in 2011 to provide stimulus and seed money to assist local, non-profit organizations to bid, host, develop, grow, market and administer multi-day events drawing in participants from outside the community.

The goal is to attract new events, grow existing events and bring new opportunities to Williams Lake while helping to diversify the local economy and to serve as a catalyst for both sport and cultural development.

Over the past 10 years the City of Williams Lake has supported dozens of events through the Event Hosting Grant, with two annual deadlines at the end of May and at the end of November.

The grant has benefited non-profit societies such as the Williams Lake Skating Club, the Lakers Car Club, the UBC Alex Fraser Research Forest and the Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association, to name just a few.

A total of $5,000 has been allocated in the City’s annual budget for the purpose of the Event Hosting Grant.

Successful applicants will meet criteria outlined in the City’s Event Hosting Grant Policy, available online at www.williamslake.ca/154/Event-Hosting-Grants. Of note, applicants must be local, registered non-profit organizations and the event must take place over more than one day with a goal of attracting out-of-town visitors to the community.

To apply, visit www.williamslake.ca/154/Event-Hosting-Grants for the November 2021 application package. Completed applications can be emailed to eventhosting@williamslake.ca by no later than November 30, 2021. Successful applicants will be notified following the application deadline.

Local Gov'ts receive funding for community services

Courtesy of the Government of BC:

Editor's Note -- the District of Wells will be receiving $425,350; the City of Quesnel will be receiving $601,646; the City of Williams Lake will be receiving $592,085; the District of 100 Mile House will be receiving $372,044 and the Cariboo Regional District will be receiving $140,000

The Province is supporting local governments throughout B.C. to meet their community’s needs, and provide basic services.

Included are varied infrastructure projects, such as water and sewer upgrades, police resources and staffing, and public safety programs.

“Local governments use these grants to help provide the services, programs and infrastructure that promote safety and benefit communities throughout the Province,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “These types of services are a big part of what makes living in British Columbia so great, and our government is pleased to provide these resources to continue building an even better B.C.”

The annual funding is provided through the Small Community Grant, Regional District Grant and Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grant programs. Local governments will receive approximately $108 million in shared funding from the provincial government to support local services and projects.

“We are pleased to share traffic-fine revenues with local governments to support their policing costs and community safety initiatives to help keep B.C. a safe place to live,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. “Our government is committed to continued support of local initiatives that benefit people throughout the province.”

The Small Community and Regional District Grant programs provide unconditional grants, enabling local governments to spend the funding according to their needs.

Since 2009, people in British Columbia have benefited from over $1.1 billion in funding from these three grant programs.

For a complete list of approved grants for 2018, visit -  https://news.gov.bc.ca/files/Appendix_A.pdf

Quick Facts:

For 2018, the Small Community Grant, Regional District Grant and Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing
Grant funding is allocated as follows:

Small- and medium-sized communities, regional districts and the Islands Trust, will receive over $54 million in Small Community Grant and Regional District Grant funding.

Communities with populations of 5,000 or greater will receive about $51 million in Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grant funding.

Rural communities, and municipalities with less than 5,000 people, will receive a reduction in the provincial police tax of approximately $2 million per year, to help with policing costs.

Since 2009, the Small Community Grant and Regional District Grant programs have provided over $545 million to help address infrastructure, administration and service-delivery priorities.
Small Community Grants aid communities with populations of fewer than approximately 20,000.

Since 2009, more than $567 million has been provided, through net traffic fine revenues, to fund policing and community safety for communities with populations over 5,000.

Communities with populations of 5,000 or greater pay for policing services. Therefore, they are qualified to receive a Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grant.

Communities with populations between 5,000 and 20,000, qualify for both the Small Community Grant and the Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grant programs.

Learn More:

For more information on Small Community, Regional District and Traffic Fine Revenue Sharing Grants, go to:

www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/local-governments/grants-transfers