Barrier-Free Grant

The Barrier-Free Grant is designed to promote a business environment that is accessible to all residents, visitors and employees, through financial incentives for commercial property and business owners to invest in Accessibility Improvement Projects.
  • City of Grande Prairie
Overview of the Barrier-Free Grant program:

The Barrier-Free Grant is designed to support Commercial property owners through financial incentives for the removal of physical, architectural or technological barriers that prevent persons with physical, cognitive or sensory disabilities from accessing or using public commercial spaces on an equal basis with others. . Eligible Accessibility Improvement Projects include improvements to the interior or exterior of the building, including transitions from public to private land, from parking areas to the primary building entrance and ensuring unobstructed access to services for all visitors, patrons and employees.

Benefits of the Barrier-Free Grant program:
  • The Barrier-Free Grant is a matching grant that will provide 50% of project costs up to a maximum of $10,000 for any Accessibility Improvement Project as identified within the program guidelines.
Eligibility criteria of the Barrier-Free Grant program:
  • The following requirements must be met by the applicant to be eligible for a grant:
  • The business must have a physical location within the municipal boundaries of the City
  • Have been in business for at least six (6) months
  • Property taxes are current
  • To be eligible for reimbursement, no work is to be performed until a Reimbursement Agreement is entered into with the City. Work that has commenced prior to City approval is not eligible for reimbursement
  • Be the property owner(s) or that persons legal representative
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