Regional Economic Development Grants

The latest regional community-driven projects to receive funding in round two of the Regional Economic Development (RED) Grants program were announced in January.
Funded projects include accommodation, food processing businesses, and distillery and function venue in the Great Southern; a microbrewery and restaurant, fisher memorial and art installation, tourist shuttle bus, and night laser show at Geraldton’s Wind on Water Festival in the Mid-West; two brewery projects, branding and marketing, and trails infrastructure in the South West; and food processing businesses, and the Leonora Golden Gift 2020 event in Goldfields-Esperance.

Grants for businesses in the Gascoyne, Pilbara and Peel were announced late 2019.

​McGowan Government Media statements: 

• RED grants drive manufacturing, tourism in Great Southern; 
• RED Grant job boost for Mid-West; 
• Regional grants back South-West tourism; 
• RED grants shape future growth in Goldfields-Esperance 

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