Tourism organizations in Kingston and surrounding area receive tourism recovery and community infrastructure support

Backgrounder

November 24, 2022

Today, the Honourable Filomena Tassi, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), announced an investment of over $9.8 million, through the Tourism Relief Fund (TRF) and the Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF) for 37 projects in Kingston, Frontenac, Lanark, and Lennox and Addington areas that will support community infrastructure enhancements, tourism recovery and economic development in the region.

Recipient Name Project Funding contribution Fund

Friends of Bon Echo Park

Develop an online app and new programming for Bon Echo provincial park.

$400,000

TRF

Georgian Spirit Cruises

Expand outdoor passenger space, install heating and air conditioning and create accessible entry.

$43,688

TRF

Kingston Accommodation Partners

Develop Kingston tourism packages combining accommodations with tours, restaurant offers, anchor attractions, and other Kingston and area activities.

$91,667

TRF

Kingston Association of Museums, Art Galleries & Historic Sites

Create play-based onsite and digital experiences for visitors.

$172,989

TRF

Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Expand and improve Kingston Canadian Film Festival.

$70,000

TRF

MacKinnon Brothers Brewing

Enhance outdoor seating area with shade and shelter and improve outdoor concert venue.

$100,000

TRF

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston

Restore and renovate the marine museum.

$304,000

TRF

Snug Harbour Resort

Enhance resort amenities including updated deck and interior space improvements within the cottage.

$60,000

TRF

Stock and Row

Modernize 150-year-old hop house with upgraded infrastructure, features and amenities.

$75,000

TRF

The Smiths Falls Heritage House Museum

Enhance marketing products to attract visitors.

$65,323

TRF

Tourism Kingston

Create new culinary, Indigenous, cycling, and arts and culture tourism experiences.

$308,500

TRF

Wolfe Island Commons

Install covered waterfront amphitheatre, gardens with seating and a large outdoor fire pit with seating.

$97,158

TRF

Althorpe Bolingbroke Community (ABC) Club

Improve the safety and accessibility of the ABC Hall.

$17,250

CCRF

Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area Inc.

Replace old HVAC equipment at the West End Community Centre with new energy efficient models. 

$750,000

CCRF

Central Frontenac Housing Corporation

Create a sidewalk/ramp, installation of accessible door buttons, improved landscaping and bench relocation.

$30,000

CCRF

Corporation of Loyalist Township

Undertake improvements and increase the accessibility of four community spaces in the township.

$441,832

CCRF

Corporation of the City of Kingston

Improve the Bath House, a historic limestone building which serves as a washroom and changing facility at Richardson Beach in Macdonald Memorial Park.

$500,000

CCRF

Corporation of the City of Kingston

Improve a one-kilometre stretch of waterfront pathway from Crawford Wharf to Battery Park.

$455,021

CCRF

Corporation of the Municipality of Mississippi Mills

Revitalization of the Almonte Downtown Core, Phase 1.

$750,000

CCRF

Corporation of Tay Valley Township

Renovate and expand the Maberly Outdoor Sports Facility.

$79,500

CCRF

Corporation of the Town of Carleton Place

Revitalize downtown core by replacing sidewalks and pedestrian crossovers.

$454,455

CCRF

Corporation of the Town of Carleton Place

Purchase and install an accessible play structure, exercise equipment and shaded benches.

$80,171

CCRF

Corporation of the Town of Perth

Construct a riverside pathway and install an Indigenous healing garden.

$58,050

CCRF

Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls

Connect library and Town Hall campus with a green space that incorporates performance space, leisure space and farmers market structures.

$750,000

CCRF

Corporation of the Town of Smiths Falls

Rejuvenate and improve access to the Town of Smiths Falls commercial downtown core.

$750,000

CCRF

Corporation of the Township of Addington Highlands

Enhance a multi-use community space located in Denbigh by installing new energy efficient HVAC and building systems that will reduce greenhouse gases and improve energy consumption and air quality.

$450,000

CCRF

Corporation of the Township of Beckwith

Rehabilitate existing trail system to allow for skating, cross country ski and snowshoe trails.

$125,000

CCRF

Corporation of the Township of Drummond/North Elmsley

Renovate and repair the Ferguson's Falls Community Hall.

$750,000

CCRF

Corporation of the Township of South Frontenac

Restore and expand the Storrington Community Centre.

$422,309

CCRF

Corporation of the Township of Stone Mills

Create a multi-use skatepark.

$115,000

CCRF

Extend-A-Family (Kingston)

Expand the community sensory garden to include a hydroponic and accessible greenhouse.

$35,000

CCRF

Kingston Canadian Film Festival

Renovate and rehabilitate a heritage building into a new film/music-centric arts hub.

$90,000

CCRF

Mills Community Support Corporation

Collaborate with Indigenous and faith communities to create the 7 Grandfathers garden and create trail systems and activities.

$87,047

CCRF

Plenty Canada

Install a new heating system, construct a rainwater harvesting system and complete major landscaping.

$551,301

CCRF

Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation

Enhance a multi-use community space located in Sydenham by adding accessible washrooms, automatic doors, ramps, and elevator, as well as more accessible parking.

$250,000

CCRF

Sydenham Street United Church

Improve the amenities of a community space by upgrading two kitchen areas and adjoining event spaces by installing energy-efficient equipment for use by current and future community groups.

$34,013

CCRF

Township of Montague

Construct playground fencing at the Rosedale Community Centre and other measures to increase safety of the playground and the community centre. 

$54,255

CCRF

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