Community Grants have been provided for some years with a budget around $40K per year. There are really two categories: 1) Organizations supported by the Town and given grants every year and 2) groups that sometimes get grants depending on the whim of councillors. There are a couple in the first category who have moved into the regular budget and no longer categorized as getting a grant. These are the Art Gallery and the Concert Band. The last time grants were discussed, at a Standing Committee meeting in April, staff proposed a policy to split grants per these categories. Then at the following Council meeting, this policy was approved with the proviso that category one organizations would have to sign… Read complete articleTown Asks for Submissions for Community Grants