Climate comfort centres play an essential role during extreme weather events, offering residents a place to shelter, check in with family and friends, charge devices, use the Internet and take care of business matters.
By providing a space where people can feel safe, supported and connected during times of upheaval and uncertainty, climate comfort centres help communities build resilience so they can recover more quickly once the crisis has passed.
Today, the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA announced over $470,000 in non-repayable funding to help five communities and organizations in Central Prince Edward Island make upgrades to their climate comfort centres.
The support is being delivered through the Hurricane Fiona Recovery Fund, a relief measure providing $300 million of targeted federal assistance toward long-term storm recovery and safeguarding efforts for regions impacted by Hurricane Fiona.
The Government of Prince Edward Island is also contributing over $220,000 toward three of the five projects through the Department of Fisheries, Tourism, Sport and Culture Reception Centre Resiliency Fund.
These investments will help establish or improve climate comfort centres with upgrades to kitchen and washroom facilities, purchase and installation of generators, and modernization of communication equipment.
