Bruce Stanton, MP -Simcoe North - Funding Announcments 2009

November 05, 2009

Federal/Provincial Infrastructure Projects (federal portion only)

Compliments are owed to all organizations and municipal governments for their diligence in preparation of all funding applications, normally under short time lines.

Township of Ramara

$323,333 - Restoration of Sideroad 15 & Con B
$400,000 - Fire Station #2 - upgrading/expansion
$280,000 - Township of Ramara - Water Meters

Township of Tay

$2,708,000 - Port McNicoll Waste Water Treatment Facility
$834,572 - Hogg Valley Road upgrading
$346,303 - Township of Tay - resurfacing of community rinks

Township of Tiny

$220,000 - Upgrade Lafontaine pavilion in Perkinsfield
$113,646 - Balm Beach Road Improvements

City of Orillia

$666,000 - Albany Avenue reconstruction
$412,500 - Kitchener Park building upgrades

Town of Midland

$1,333,333 - Municipal Office expansion
$365,000 - Little Lake Park renewal

Town of Penetanguishene

$125,000 - resurfacing Water Tower

Township of Severn

$200,000 - Fairgrounds Road upgrading
$35,000 - Lake St. George Hall upgrades
$18,333 - Washago Playground Equipment

Township of Oro-Medonte

$4,596,000 - Expansion and upgrading of Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

Beausoleil First nation (Christian Island)

$100,000 - resurface community rink

YMCA Simcoe/Muskoka

$1,000,000 - renovation of YMCA facility - Orillia

County of Simcoe

$6,297,831 - roads restoration including Roads 44, 19, and expansion of Archives

Knowledge Infrastructure Fund (federal funding only)

$13,000,000 Lakehead University - Phase 1 Project

Community Adjustment Fund - Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario

$762,605 - City of Orillia - City Centre Parking Enhancement
$350,000 - City of Orillia - replace overhead electricity wires - downtown area
$122,200 - City of Orillia - restoration of Orillia’s oldest house
$290,550 - South Central CFDC - expand assistance to small and medium businesses
$160,000 - Township of Tay - Community and Tourism signage
$87,716 - La Clé d’la Baie - Penetanguishene/Barrie - feasibility study to develop assistance program for small businesses

Clean-Up Lake Simcoe Fund

$298,100 - Lakehead University - Wetlands as a nutrient buffer project
$28,000 - Kids for Turtles - 2009 Water Quality Improvement Plan - Bluff’s Creek
$5,504,231 - in total projects - Intakes 3 and 4

On Reserve Housing - Part of Canada’s Economic Action Plan

Beausoleil First Nation

$175,000 - funding for renovations of existing housing

North Simcoe Community Futures Development Corporation

$750,000 - Additional Investment fund for lending program

CDC (Community Futures Development Corporation)

$450,000 - new Community Development funding

Olympic Relay Celebration - Town of Midland

$15,000 - Sport Canada