Recipients

The MD of Bighorn is pleased to announce that the following organisations have received Community Grants or Council Discretionary Grant Funding in 2019 for operations or maintenance projects:

• Canmore Alberta Canada Day Society
• Cochrane and Area Rural Crime Watch 
• Dead Man’s Flats Community Association
• Exshaw Community Association
• Ghost Watershed Alliance
• Guy Gibson (Benchlands) Community Association
• Ghost Waiparous Trails Association
• Harvie Heights Community Association
• KidSport Bow Valley
• McDougall Stoney Mission Society
• Palliative Care Society of the Bow Valley
• Water Valley Library Society

These 2019 capital projects received Community Enhancement Fund grants in Wards 1, 3 and 4. Ward Community Enhancement funds are collected from the hosting fees paid by the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission on Francis Cooke Landfill operations.

• Exshaw Community Association
• Jumpingpound Community Hall Society
• Ghost Waiparous Trails Association
• Water Valley Community Association

The MD of Bighorn also supports other organisations on an annual basis through its regular budget process, including:

• Bighorn Library
• Bow Valley 211 Service
• Bow Valley Biosphere Institute
• Bow Valley Victim Services
• Cochrane and Area Victim Services
• Marigold Library
• STARS Air Ambulance

The MD believes it is important to support the community organisations and the volunteers who provide so much to all of us. Do you belong to a local community organisation in the MD of Bighorn that could benefit from some funding to help with a project or to recognise your volunteers? If so, the MD has small grant programs to assist.