Backgrounder: Federal government invests in natural infrastructure enhancements across Alberta
Backgrounder
The federal government is investing more than $1.3 million through the Natural Infrastructure Fund to support five projects across Alberta.
Project information
Location |
Recipient |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Municipal Funding |
Other Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brooks |
École Le Ruisseau Parent Society |
Meadowbrook Natural Space |
Create a natural recreation area for a school that incorporates an urban forest, play structures, family seating area, walkways and signage, an insect garden, and an irrigation system. |
$200,000 |
$0 |
$330,500 |
Calgary |
Rocky Ridge Royal Oak Community Association |
Rocky Ridge and Royal Oak Urban Forest |
Transform 2.1 acres of park by replacing turf grass with an urban forest and perform site grading for stormwater retention and diversion. |
$200,000 |
$0 |
$80,000 |
Edmonton |
The Valley Zoo Development Society |
Edmonton Valley Zoo Aspen Parkland Restoration and Protection |
Renaturalize areas of the Wander, add trees and shrubs to open exhibit space to represent animals of a Boreal ecosystem, and restore a 10-year-old green roof. |
$622,770 |
$220,000 |
$155,693 |
Grande Prairie |
Grande Spirit Foundation |
Public Housing Site Restoration and Beautification |
Stabilize the banks of a creek and beautify a vacant lot through revegetation and the construction of a community garden and gathering space. |
$168,080 |
$26,520 |
$25,000 |
Nanton |
Town of Nanton |
Natural Infrastructure at the Nanton Visitor Information Centre |
Create a pocket park with a rain garden, bioswale, benches and walkways, and plant 30-50 perennials and 45 shrubs in the parking lot of a library. |
$200,000 |
$50,000 |
$0 |