26 August 2024

MORE SUPPORT ON THE WAY FOR VICTORIA’S TINY TOWNS

Big things are coming to Victoria’s tiniest towns with new support through the Allan Labor Government’s Tiny Towns Fund set to make our smallest communities even better places to live, work and visit.

Member for Eureka Michaela Settle MP today welcomed the announcement that Round 2 of the $20 million Tiny Towns Fund will open for applications on Monday, 26 August. Grants between $5,000 and $50,000 will be available through Regional Development Victoria to boost tourism, livability and community pride in towns with up to 5,000 people.

From new barbecues, bike tracks and walking trails to club and community hall upgrades, the grants will support towns to bring to life projects that celebrate community spirit and make a positive difference to locals.

The first round of the Tiny Towns Fund is already supporting more than 200 projects in 181 towns across regional Victoria and interface councils – with $7 million provided to projects that matter to local communities. 

Successful Round 1 projects included a new masterplan for the Clarendon Recreation Reserve, a brand-new nature playground in Warrenheip, a vegetation survey and updated landscape concept plan for Paddock Creek Reserve, an expansion to the Inverleigh Public Hall, improvements to the Shelford Common, and Christmas displays in Buninyong.

The Tiny Towns Fund is backing stronger communities by enhancing local towns, boosting livability and local jobs and creating more reasons for people to visit Victoria’s great regional towns.

Townships that have not yet received a Tiny Towns grant, or that have worthy project ideas to boost community resilience, recovery and economic growth, are encouraged to come forward in this round. The application process has also been updated to make it even easier for smaller, volunteer-run community groups to apply.

The fund is a part of the Labor Government’s record $45 billion investment since 2014 in projects and programs that support regional and rural Victoria.

For more information, visit rdv.vic.gov.au/tinytownsfund or suburbandevelopment.vic.gov.au/grants/tiny-towns-fund

Quotes attributable to Member for Eureka Michaela Settle MP

"Small towns are the heartbeat of regional Victoria, and the Tiny Towns Fund helps local groups put on events and commit to projects that make their communities even better.”

Media contact: Tyler Proctor | 0432 841 767 | [email protected]