The Columbia Basin Trust is inviting applications for its Community Outdoor Revitalization Grants program to support Basin communities to create, restore or enhance welcoming, safe and vibrant outdoor multi-use community spaces that support community gathering and programming.

Investing in these types of community spaces strengthens the social and cultural fabric of communities by enhancing community pride, supporting a culture of civic engagement and creating a draw for tourism marketing, and business retention and expansion.

Project Categories

• Capital Grants:
  • To support communities to implement projects that occur in a community outdoor space and that upgrade the aesthetics of the space and/or create opportunities for community interaction and gathering.
  • Applications are accepted once annually.
• Project Planning and Design Grants:
  • Available to municipalities with populations of 5,000 or less, unincorporated areas, and First Nations communities to plan and design these types of spaces in more rural contexts.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis, until all program funds are committed.

Funding Information

• This is the third year of a three-year program, with an annual budget of $2,000,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants include municipalities, regional districts and First Nations communities in the Columbia Basin Trust region.
• Applications from non-profit organizations from unincorporated communities will be considered provided the following criteria are met:
  • The Regional District agrees upon the need for the project and has been consulted on the project development; and
  • The legal ownership of the property to be revitalized is clearly defined and long-term use for the purpose of community gathering is secured.
• Applicants will be asked to identify a Community Outdoor Revitalization area that meets all or most of the following criteria:
  • has defined boundaries;
  • is primarily outdoors;
  • promotes opportunities for community gathering;
  • is accessible to all members of the community; and
  • is not limited to a private membership.

For more information, visit Columbia Basin Trust.