Catch up on the latest happenings at the HHACF.
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Home Hardware Becomes Founding Sponsor
Press Release
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
The Haliburton Highlands Arts Centre Foundation (HHACF) is very excited to announce its first Founding Corporate Sponsorship with Home Hardware Building Centre (Haliburton and Minden)! Dan & Emily Moulton, Dealer-Owners, Home Hardware Building Centre, have committed their company to become our first Founding Sponsor, with a donation of $25,000 in 2022!
The Board of Directors of the HHACF would like to welcome Minden & Haliburton Home Hardware Centres to its growing list of individual, business, government, municipal and arts supporters.
This significant donation will help fund important activities the HHACF has planned for 2022, including follow up steps to the Feasibility Study being conducted by Janis A. Barlow & Associates. The study is scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2022, and the Foundation will publicize the results.
Dan & Emily Moulton, Dealer-Owners, Home Hardware Building Centre (Haliburton and Minden), also stated that “we are very pleased and committed to supporting the HHACF in its mission to build and operate a world-class performing arts centre in Haliburton county. We believe strongly in the economic impact that this project will bring to our region, and we would like to encourage all local companies and individuals to pledge their support in the coming year!”
Dan Manley, President of the Foundation, stated, “we are delighted to welcome Home Hardware as a Founding Sponsor for the HHACF in 2022! Word of the Foundation is spreading, but in these early stages, it’s donations like this that take our fundraising campaign to the next level. We hope that fellow business owners share in Dan & Emily’s economic vision for the Haliburton Highlands.”
The HHACF launched its sponsorship campaign in November 2021, with the distribution of a flier which outlines various levels of donations and recognition for individuals and local businesses. For more information on the program and tiers, please see our Founding Sponsor Program page.
A PDF of this press release can be downloaded here.
Federal Funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage
Press Release
Thursday, December 16, 2021
The Haliburton Highlands Arts Centre Foundation is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of a federal grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage via its Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF).
The CCSF supports the improvement of physical conditions for arts, heritage culture and creative innovation. The fund supports renovation and construction projects, the acquisition of specialized equipment and, notably, feasibility studies related to cultural spaces. With some exceptions, its mandate is to fund up to 50% of a project’s costs. Based on guidance provided by program advisors, in September the HHACF applied for half the cost of its Feasibility Study.
In early December, the Foundation was notified that it was being awarded a total of $44,900, the full requested amount. This generous grant assures that the HHACF’s Feasibility Study is fully funded and will be completed without pausing between phases for additional fund-raising.
“This funding is a dream come true for the HHACF and was many months in the making. Without something tangible in hand - land, drawings, cost estimates - public fundraising has been a challenge,” says Foundation president, Dan Manley. “Thanks to Canadian Heritage and their advisors’ invaluable guidance during the RFP and proposal stages, we’re now on a solid path to completing the research and consultations.”
The Foundation’s Feasibility Study, consisting of four phases, was launched in October (2021). It is being executed by Janis A. Barlow and Associates, and is scheduled to be completed in April 2022. With results and materials from the study, the HHACF is expecting to produce marketing materials for a large-scale capital fund-raising campaign.
For more information about Canadian Heritage and their CCSF program, please visit https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/cultural-spaces-fund.html.
A PDF of this press release can be downloaded here.
