What is the Growth Community Improvement Plan?
The City's new Growth Community Improvement Plan (GCIP) is designed to help grow and improve the community through targeted city wide programming for housing, industrial, downtown and waterfront projects.
Community Improvement Plans provide municipalities with tools under the Planning Act and Municipal Act to create opportunity in return for private sector investments and developments which improve the community.
Expansion of Housing Target Area
The Housing Target Area has now been expanded to the city's entire Settlement Area, as identified in Schedule 1 of the city's Official Plan. Property owners in this area may be eligible to receive financial incentives for development or redevelopment projects that increase the number of residential dwelling units on their properties.
The program now also offers an enhanced Tax Increment Rebate for units that remain affordable for a period of 20 years.
For more information, please see the 'Target Area' tab on this webpage.
Before applying for GCIP
Planning Services Staff recommend that those interested in applying for the Growth Community Improvement Plan (GCIP) email growthcip@northbay.ca or call 705-474-0400 ext. 2402 to pre-consult before applying. Staff will be able to assist potential applicants by discussing how the project might best fit with the parameters of the program.
Click here to see GCIP projects currently in progress
Growth CIP Projects
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