The Town of Whitby is receiving more than $90,000 in funding through the federal My Main Street Community Activator Program to continue to revitalize Roebuck Street.
The grant was announced by MP Ryan Turnbull, alongside Mayor Elizabeth Roy, at the town’s annual Harvest Festival.
The funding will help support improvements along Roebuck Street and throughout Grass Park including lighting, a new bike rack, Muskoka chairs, an outdoor foosball table and cornhole games, solar-powered self-compacting garbage bins, and a vibrant ‘Field to Fork’ mural by local artist Chrrie, said a town statement.
These improvements will further the Town’s Community Strategic Plan goals to invest in, promote, and strengthen the local arts, culture, heritage, and creative sectors, as well as to implement initiatives that help our downtowns thrive as vibrant destinations.
My Main Street is built on the principle of supporting community economic development and creating vibrant and diverse neighbourhoods where residents from all backgrounds can benefit, enjoy and feel safe in their communities and on their main streets. My Main Street is delivered by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), and supported by a Government of Canada investment through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to foster the stabilization and revitalization of main streets across southern Ontario. Learn more about the My Main Street program at mymainstreet.ca.
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