The Town of Gravenhurst is investing $145,000 to 20 organizations, community groups and businesses across the municipality.
It comes after council approved the 2026 Community Grants Committee recommendations report during a Committee of the Whole meeting on Feb. 10.
According to the report, the funding is split between two programs, the Terence Haight Financial Assistance program, which allocates $30,000 for community-led initiatives, and the Community Improvement Plan (CIP), which provides approximately $115,000 to support improvements to local businesses and properties.
The Terence Haight Financial Assistance program funds will be provided to the following organizations:
- Gravenhurst Loan Cupboard – $2,500.00
- Gravenhurst Imagination Library – $2,500.00
- Mind Aid – $3,500.00
- YWCA – $1,800.00
- GHS Robotics – $4,000.00
- Muskoka Ringette – $3,000.00
- Gravenhurst Against Poverty – $750.00
- Literacy Society of South Muskoka – $2,750.00
- Hospice Muskoka – $2,500.00
- Big Brothers, Big Sisters Orillia – $5,000.00
- Gravenhurst Legion – $1,700.00
The Community Improvement Plan program funds will be divided among the following projects:
- Muskoka Osteopathy – $ 15,000.00 (façade improvement)
- Full Pawtential – $3,778.00 (façade improvement)
- Muskoka Knits, The Nook – $ 14,000.00 (façade improvement)
- CLSM, Muskoka Tanning Salon, Muskoka Recovery – $14,000.00 (façade improvement)
- Wheelhouse Café/Muskoka Shipyards – $2,730.00 (commercial safety and technology)
- Frosty Pint Pub – $17,000.00 (structural improvement, façade improvement, landscaping)
- Calvary Baptist Church – $19,750.00 (façade improvement, commercial safety and technology)
- Hawkestone Soap – $10,000.00 (structural improvement and landscaping)
- Artisan’s Edge – $3,000.00 (signage improvement)
“The Community Grants Committeee continues to see applications from new properties and organizations as a result of increased marketing and promotion efforts by Administration,” states the report.
