Interest spikes in Sarnia community improvement plan grants

A surge in interest in a City of Sarnia grant program supporting improvements downtown and in Mitton Village has city staff asking for more funding. Four months into 2025, the $75,000 community improvement plan (CIP) grant program that offers help with landscaping, facade improvement, building renovation projects and adding extra residential units, is almost out of money, said city planning and development services manager Eric Hyatt. “At this point, we’ve allocated approximately 92