{"id":164743,"date":"2023-08-15T18:27:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/350000-in-funding-available-for-community-development-projects-in-the-mrc-pontiac\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T18:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T22:43:44","slug":"350000-in-funding-available-for-community-development-projects-in-the-mrc-pontiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/en\/350000-in-funding-available-for-community-development-projects-in-the-mrc-pontiac\/","title":{"rendered":"350,000$ in funding available for community development projects in the MRC Pontiac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Litchfield, QC \u2013 August 15, 2023 \u2014 <strong>350,000$ in funding available for community development projects in MRC Pontiac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call for Projects \u2013 Regions and Rurality Fund \u2013 Component 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2020, the Regional County Municipality of Pontiac (MRC Pontiac) signed an agreement under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mamh.gouv.qc.ca\/developpement-territorial\/fonds-et-programmes\/fonds-regions-et-ruralite-frr\/volet-2-soutien-a-la-competence-de-developpement-local-et-regional\/\">Regional and Rurality Fund\u2019s Support for the Local and Regional Development Competence of MRCs component<\/a> with the Minist\u00e8re des Affaires municipales et de l\u2019Habitation (MAMH). These funds support many different projects within the MRC. This call for projects is launched every year to support municipalities and local non-profit organizations in carrying out their community development projects.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The objectives of this call for projects are to improve living environments and encourage the implementation of <strong>initiatives leading to the revitalization of living environments<\/strong> in the MRC Pontiac and\/or to <strong>create and maintain jobs<\/strong> on the MRC Pontiac territory. These two major elements are intended to improve the <strong>quality of life<\/strong> of our citizens, and are based on the following principles:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Encourage the sharing of facilities and services and the creation of multi-service hubs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support multifunctional development;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support community beautification;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attracting and retaining young people;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support a community transportation service;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take steps to attract new families;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Introducing new technologies;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create environments conducive to healthy lifestyles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The call for projects covers the entire MRC Pontiac territory. Determined by the mayors\u2019 council, the seven priority areas of intervention for 2023 are:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tourism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Culture and heritage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agriculture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Socio-community<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forestry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Amount available for this call:<\/strong> $350,000<br\/><strong>Launch date:<\/strong> August 15, 2023<br\/><strong>Closing date:<\/strong> September 28, 2023 at 12:00 noon<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce again this year, the financial support of our government will enable the implementation of various initiatives that will energize the MRC Pontiac. I invite promoters to participate in large numbers in the call for projects to improve the quality of life of our citizens,\u201d says Andr\u00e9e Laforest, Minister of Municipal Affairs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information, please visit the MRC website at the following address: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/en\/business\/support-and-funding\/regions-and-rurality-fund\/\">https:\/\/mrcpontiac.qc.ca\/entreprises\/entrepreneuriat\/fonds-regions-et-ruralite-frr\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Litchfield, QC \u2013 August 15, 2023 \u2014 350,000$ in funding available for community development projects in MRC Pontiac Call for Projects \u2013 Regions and Rurality Fund \u2013 Component 2 In March 2020, the Regional County Municipality of Pontiac (MRC Pontiac) signed an agreement under the Regional and Rurality Fund\u2019s Support for the Local and Regional &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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