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City of Cambridge Financial Incentives

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Galt City Centre

The City of Cambridge provides a number of programs that reduce costs for development projects and improvements to sites and buildings, including contaminated sites, heritage properties, and core area properties and buildings.

There are many benefits to using the City of Cambridge Financial Incentive Programs:

Reduce up-front costs by exempting projects from fees such as Development Charges
Apply to all types of projects of all sizes (i.e. residential, commercial, institutional and industrial)
Help to fund a wide range of improvements including, windows, doors, exterior cleaning and painting and signage.

CORE AREA INCENTIVES

a) Fee Exemption Programs:

  1. Sign Permit Fee Exemption
  2. Development Charges Exemption
  3. Building Permit Fee Exemption
  4. Development Application Fee Exemption

b) Loan and Grant Programs:
  1. Design Guide Program
  2. Building Revitalization Program (BRP)

CORE AREA MAPS

Galt Core Area

Preston Core Area

Hespeler Core Area

CITY-WIDE INCENTIVES
  1. Contaminated Sites: Development Charges Allowance
  2. Designated Heritage Buildings: Development Charges Allowance
  3. City-Wide Brownfields Joint Tax Increment Grant(TIG)Program


Application forms can be accessed below in Related Documents.

Related Documents

DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION DATE POSTED  
CARAC and Core Area Information
Financial Incentives Brochure Financial Incentives Brochure 2011-01-07 PDF 1183Kb
Building Revitalization Program Application Form Building Revitalization Program Application Form 2010-12-15 PDF 101Kb
DesignGuide Application DesignGuide Application 2010-12-15 PDF 136Kb