Bringing Broadway Back to Beautiful Financial Incentive Grants

 

Coming Soon! Your Input is Needed!

The Municipality of Wawa has passed the Downtown Wawa Community Improvement Plan (CIP) on March 21, 2024, which will revitalize the central business area and provide programs, grants and incentives new business, new housing and property improvements.

Council is considering implementing a set of financial incentives included within the CIP to achieve these goals and are requesting public comment by July 16, 2024. The Draft Financial Incentive Package, summary presentation and Community Improvement Plan are available by clicking the links provided below, or can be requested in paper format by stopping in to the Municipal Office at 40 Broadway Avenue during operating hours.

All comments from the public on the Draft Wawa Downtown CIP Financial Incentive Program will be accepted until July 16, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Please send comments to Jessie Labonte at 40 Broadway Avenue in writing or by email to jlabonte@wawa.cc.

 

Community Improvement Plan

Wawa CIP - Urban Design Guidelines

CIP Financial Incentive Package 

Council Presentation – CIP Financial Incentive Program

BENEFITS OF A DOWNTOWN WAWA COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP)

A Community Improvement Plan or CIP is a planning tool

permitted under Section 28 of the Ontario Planning 

CIP diagram Act. CIPs also include financial incentives, which are legislated under Section 365.1 of the Municipal Act.

CIP's can provide several benefits for a community, including:

  • Stimulation of private sector investment in targeted areas through grants and loans from the municipality;
  • Promotions of revitalization and place-making to attract tourism, business investment and economic development opportunities;
  • Promotion of brownfield cleanup and redevelopment;
  • Enhancement of streetscapes and building facades; and
  • Effective use of community infrastructure

COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN AREA

The CIP will apply to all private properties located within the boundaries of the Community Improvement Project Area (CIPA).   

 

please see map of Community Improvement Area

 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Municipality of Wawa recognizes that the Wawa Community Improvement Plan Area is in the Robinson-Superior Treaty territory and the land is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, including Michipicoten First Nation