New baseball facilities at Wallington and a Geelong Eastern Park Bowls Club upgrade among 40 dynamic projects sharing in more than $3.1 million through the City of Greater Geelong's 2021-22 Community Grants programs.
The City has endorsed the awarding of 34 Community Infrastructure Grants and five Geelong Heritage Grants totalling more than $3 million.
The Bellarine Bears Baseball Club will receive $350,000 through the Community Infrastructure Grants towards the development of fields, fencing, dugouts, scorers' box, and lighting at Wallington Recreation Reserve.
Geelong Eastern Park Bowls Club, North Geelong Cricket Club, Newtown City Hockey Club and Manifold Heights Cricket Club will also receive Community Infrastructure grants of between $340,000 and $350,000 to deliver significant facility upgrades for club members and the wider community.
Geelong's Lazarus Community Centre, which has supported about 400 people experiencing homelessness and disadvantage over the past 12 months, is also a recipient of a $350,000 Community Infrastructure Grant to enable the upgrade of its kitchen, bathroom and dining facilities.
Five restoration projects across Geelong, Fyansford, Portarlington and Lara will share in almost $100,000 under the 2021-22 Geelong Heritage Grants, which replaces the former Central Geelong Heritage Grants this year to open the funding stream to applications across the municipality.
