Kincardine council received an update for the municipality’s Community Improvement Plan.
At Wednesday’s council meeting, Community Economic Coordinator Evan Vatri recapped what was accomplished with the 2025 campaign, “Out of the funding allocated for 2025, were able to invest $13,607 of municipal funds that were then leveraged to make… over $72,000 of private investment.”
Vatri explained that during last year’s CIP, several communities had come forward to get some of the available grant funding to make improvements.
“We had multiple projects, both in direct downtown cores of Kincardine and Tiverton as well. For 2026, I would like to recommend that we keep it the same with using $20,000 from our $120,000 CIP for Spruce the Bruce.”
He also shared the vision for 2026, and said that the goal would be to pick up where the county’s program, Spruce the Bruce, leaves off.
Spruce the Bruce, which is run by Bruce County, announced this week that it was now taking applications from businesses who are looking to improve signage, fascia, and accessibility to their business.
The Municipality of Kincardine’s CIP, on the other hand, has initiatives aimed at infrastructure investments.
“The Building Improvement and Structural Program, and in conjunction with the Startup Space and Leasehold Improvement program, those are for existing businesses that can essentially pick up where the funding for Spruce the Bruce ends,” said Vatri. “Chiefly being, Spruce the Bruce doesn’t cover a lot of the internal work into a structure – these two CIP programs help with that.”
You can learn more about the Municipality of Kincardine’s Community Improvement Plan by clicking here.