Active, Creative, Engaged Communities (ACE Communities) Application Notice
ARPA’s Active, Creative, Engaged Communities (ACE Communities) recently sent out an application notice to Alberta communities who may be interested in learning about potential support that is available to improve the quality of life in rural Alberta by developing community leadership and community development. This notice is a reminder of the upcoming deadline of MAY 29TH and provides a link to the application.
The Active, Creative, Engaged Communities (ACE) initiative, spearheaded by Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA), is designed to enhance quality of life in rural Alberta by strengthening community leadership, collaboration, and innovation through recreation, parks, arts, culture, and heritage. Rural communities of all sizes are considered including cities, villages, hamlets, or communities. Unfortunately, Calgary and Edmonton are not eligible for partnering.
The ACE Communities initiative is made possible as the result of generous support by Rural Alberta’s Development Fund (RADF), Encana, and Canwest.
Two kinds of support, influenced by a community’s identified needs, will be provided over a two year period: 1) Seed Funding of $10,000 and 2) In-kind support estimated at $45,000 in value. Over a two year period, leaders from each partner community will participate in a variety of activities that include: teleconferences, retreats, training opportunities, and, with the support of a community development coach, local initiatives that will engage other community members in your community.
The support is provided to strengthen and facilitate the growth of local community leaders who in turn will involve more citizens in making their community a better place to live, work and play. The intent is to build on your community’s existing expertise and resources particularly in the areas of collaboration and innovation.
Currently, ACE Communities is supporting 20 partner communities and is now seeking an additional 10. The application dead-line is MAY 29th, 2009 and notification of a conditional acceptance will take place on June 16th, 2009.
For more information and the actual application click this link:
http://acecommunities.ca/images/uploads/Flight_3_Partner_Community_Application.doc
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