The districts of Lake Country and Peachland are getting a boost from the province to create a more efficient development process. 

The Local Government Development Approvals Program was created to assist municipalities in developing innovative ways to support non-profit housing organizations, developers and stakeholders speed up the delivery of homes. 

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Lake Country is set to receive $145,000 and Peachland will get $150,000. 

Peachland plans to use the grant to initiate a development-approval streamlining project to improve the current process and coordinate with neighbouring municipalities to increase consistency. 

A total of 38 B.C. communities were given a grant.