Commercial Façade and Property Improvement Program

• The Commercial Façade and Property Improvement Grant Program is now accepting applications

• Completed application forms should be submitted via email to [email protected] by May 6.

• The Commercial – Industrial Façade and Property Improvement Program provides funding to commercial and industrial property owners to redesign, renovate or restore commercial or industrial building façades.

Eligibility

• Applicant must be the property owner or have the permission of the property owner

• Building and property must be located in a Business Improvement Area (BIA)

• Applicant must not owe outstanding taxes to the City

• Applicant must not start your improvement project before the funding application is approved

• Applicant must not have received the maximum façade improvement funding for your property in previous years

cafeTO

• On February 5, 2021, City Council approved a report to authorize a reprisal of the CaféTO program from April 15, 2021 to April 14, 2022.

• Registration for the expanded CaféTO program will begin in late February

• The first approved CaféTO curb lane closure locations for 2021 would be in installed as soon as May.

Insurance Requirements

• All applicants for CaféTO will be required to submit a complete Certificate of Insurance. Comprehensive Liability Coverage of at least $1,000,000 is required.

• A blank copy of the CaféTO Certificate of Insurance is available for download.

• Learn more about the Guidelines for Re-opening your restaurant, bar or other food service premise while indoor dining is reintroduced as part of provincial health orders.

• WQW will send members information about the opening of registration, application requirements, information sessions for restaurants and bar operators, and the release of the 2021/2022 CaféTO Guidelines AS SOON AS AVAILABLE