​​​Barrie​ - Barrie Financial Incentives Program

The City of Barrie offers financial incentives to businesses located in the downtown, Allendale and Georgian College neighbourhoods, for business owners seeking to improve their properties. The following grants and loans are available:

• Tax Increment Grant Program
• Application Fees, Permit Fees, and Special Fees Grant for Program
• Adaptive Re-use and Upgrade to the Building Code Program
• Facade and Signage Loan Program
• Cash-in-lieu of Parkland Dedication Grant
• Renovation Loan

See the website for details of each grant and where they are applicable.

Bradford West Gwillimbury

Downtown Website

Industrial Website

Bradford West Gwillimbury offers two different Community Improvement Plan Programs, one geared towards their downtown, the other for their Artesian and Reagens Industrial Parks.

For the Downtown, the following grants and loans are available:

• Facade, Landscape, Signage Improvement Grant Program
• Building, Restoration, Renovation, or Improvement Program
• Planning Fees and Building Permit Fees Grant Program
• Development Charge Grant Program
• Tax-Based Redevelopment Grant Program

For the Artesian and Reagens Industrial Parks, the following grants and loans are available:

• Development Charge Grant Program
• Tax-Based Redevelopment Grant Program
• Planning Fees and Building Permit Grant Program

Orillia - Downtown Orillia Facade Improvement Incentive

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The intent of the program is to provide financial assistance to property owners and their tenants within the Downtown Orillia Business Improvement Area to assist them in carrying out external improvements such as physical upgrading and aesthetic enhancement to their buildings. Applicants may be eligible for a grant of up to $5,000 to carry out their facade improvement project.

Moratorium on Industrial Development Charges

Tel: 705-325-4900

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The City of Orillia has placed a two-year freeze on Industrial Development charges to entice existing manufacturers to expand, and to attract new industry to the area.

Midland - Development Charge Exemptions

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Midland offers development charge exemptions for developments classified as industrial uses, and for lands classified by Midland Zoning By-Laws to be in the downtown core.

New Tecumseth - ​Community Improvement Plan

Tel: 705-435-3900 or 705-729-0057 Ext. 1230​

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The Town of New Tecumseth offers incentive grants to promote the conservation, enhancement and beautification of buildings in the Community lmprovement Plan (ClP) Areas, which include downtown Alliston, Beeton, and Tottenham. The following opportunities may be available for your business:

• Facade Improvement Grant and/or Loan
• Signage, Awning & Lighting lmprovement Grant
• Parkland Dedication Fee Grant
• Planning Application Fee& Building Permit Fee Grant
• Upgrade to Building Code Grant and/or Loan
• Grant and/or Loan lncrease Options