BIRCH is pleased to report that we have received not one but two project funding grants to keep our project moving forward!
Through its Seed Funding Program, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has provided the Society with $28,000. This funding may be applied to costs such as:
- Analysis of need and demand for the proposed project
- Special purpose surveys
- Preliminary financial feasibility
- Business plans
- Incorporation
- Option to purchase (loan only)
- Registration of security (loan only)
- Professional appraisal
- Site surveys
- Planning fees (for example, rezoning, development agreement costs)
- Preliminary design
- Project viability study
- Environmental site assessments
- Geo-technical reports (soil load bearing tests)
- Energy modelling study (cost-benefit analysis)
- Accessibility modelling study (cost-benefit analysis)
- Engineering studies (for example, wind, shadow, and traffic impact analyses)
- Project drawings and specifications
- Construction cost estimates
- Quantity surveyor
- Contract documents
- Development permits
- Final viability report
- Completion appraisal