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By Ben Tompkins

Green Municipal Fund

Village of Muenster receives $70k grant for Climate Change Risk Assessment

Aug 28, 2025 | 1:00 PM

The Village of Muenster has received a $70,000 grant from the Government of Canada.

Through the Green Municipal Fund’s (GMF) Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation (LLCA) initiative, the $70K will go towards a Climate Change Risk Assessment.

“This risk assessment will be created by taking a look at the different municipal buildings that we have in the community, and assessing and rating them in terms of their climate resiliency, or having an asset condition rating marked on them. That way, we can have suggestions on what kind of improvements we could make in those buildings so that they’re more climate change resistant,” explained village CAO, Jan Sylvestre.

“Whether that’s more tornado-proof, plough wind-proof, or working with our fire department to make sure our buildings are more sustainable for a longer period of time. The funding will go towards 100 per cent of the climate risk assessment report, so now we’re just trying to find the right organization or expert to provide that type of service here.”

The investment by the Government of Canada is $5.2-million in its entirety, supporting 70 adaptation projects across the country.

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Sylvestre added that Muenster is always on the lookout for government grants, as their taxation basis of roughly 200 houses doesn’t cover a lot of projects.

“Anytime we can take advantage of funding opportunities, we’re very attuned to that. With us assessing the state of our different assets here in Munster, if we find from this assessment that there are some things that should be a high priority, and what kind of risks are involved with not improving these types of assets, then it’ll just help our council go ahead with strategic planning in the future for budgetary purposes,” she told northeastNOW.

“Having this component done also allows us to go forth and apply for more grant streams in the future, through the Green Municipal Fund. On my board right now, I probably have 20 different streams that fall under that category, and some of them have these types of assessments as prerequisites prior to asking for capital project funds.”

Currently, no major projects are top of mind for the community, rather just getting ahead of the curve on regular maintenance.

According to Sylvestre, the next set of grants they have their eyes on is the Canadian Housing Infrastructure Fund (CHIF).

“These funds are very important because they lead the way when you can visualize where your money needs to be spent and how those dollars being spent are going to impact what you’re able to do in five years from now, so it’s really great to have access to this kind of funding,” she concluded.

“We’ve got a lot of projects that we’re looking forward to in the future, and we hope to apply to the next one. We don’t have anything right now set in stone, but we have a good idea of what we possibly would use that funding for if we’re successful in getting it.”

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