JUNE TOWN TIDBITS

Please note that you are receiving the Town Tidbits in advance of your utility bill. Your utility bill will follow at a later date in a separate email.

TAX DUE DATE

Ratepayers of the Town of Wainwright are reminded that a 10% penalty will be applied to current taxes outstanding after June 30, 2024. 

Taxes can be paid:

• at banks
• online
• regular mail
• mail slot in front door at Town Office
• by credit card on our website at wainwright.ca
• Town Office

If you have any questions please contact the Town Office at 780.842.3381.

1ST AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS

DOWNTOWN VACANT SPACES INCENTIVE

The Town of Wainwright has launched the Downtown Vacant Spaces Incentive to help retain a unique, well-invested downtown core where people and businesses thrive. 

The Downtown Vacant Spaces Incentive is a limited pilot program designed to provide up to $2,500.00 in start-up costs for entrepreneurs to activate vacant street-level commercial spaces in the C1 - Commercial Central District.

The incentive is available to businesses that take occupance of a commercial space that has been vacant for at least three (3) months.

Funding to a maximum of $2,500.00 per successful application may be used to cover 50% of eligible startup costs. To find out more, please view an interview with Economic Development Officer Carley Herbert or visit wainwright.ca.

2024 PROPERTY INSPECTIONS

This notice is to inform Town of Wainwright ratepayers that re-inspection of properties for assessment purposes will commence May 1, 2024.

Inspections will be done by Wainwright Assessment Group Ltd. and will be completed around the end of December 2024.

Assessors will be on site and show I.D. when occupants are present and leave notes in doors and proceed with an exterior inspection when no one is at the property.

WAINWRIGHT STAMPEDE INFORMATION

GARBAGE BAGS

Please remember to put garbage in bags before placing it in your bin. Loose garbage goes all over the place when the bin is lifted and emptied.

NOTICE

The Town of Wainwright will be discontinuing the Community Improvement and Consolidation (CIC) incentive and the New Business Construction (NBC) incentive programs effective June 28, 2024. If you are interested in utilizing one of these incentive programs, all permits and applications must be submitted to the town on or before the above-mentioned date in order to be considered for approval.

For further information regarding any of these programs, you can view them on our website.

If you have any questions, please contact Scott Flett, Director of Planning and Development at 780-842-3381.

PERMIT REQUIREMENTS

CANADA DAY

RHPAP CONFERENCE

Tickets for the RhPAP Rural Community Conference occurring from October 8 - 10, 2024 in Wainwright are available! Visit the website for full details about the conference.

EMAIL ADDRESS NEEDED

We encourage residents to go paperless! If you are still getting your utility bill in the mail (or if you use online banking or auto pay and get a copy in the mail) please contact the Town Office at 780.842.3381 or email utilities@wainwright.ca to provide your email address.

While every effort is made to ensure the currency, accuracy and completeness of the information provided, the Town of Wainwright is not liable for any loss, claim or demand arising directly or indirectly from any use or reliance upon the information provided.