Six projects that will impact on Newtown and the rest of the county have been awarded nearly £2.7m funding as part of the UK Community Renewal Fund.
Powys County Council has confirmed the funding. A total of £220m has been made available for 500 communities throughout the UK.
The fund aims to create opportunities to trial new approaches and innovative ideas at the local level.
It is also designed to support projects that involve investment in skills, local businesses or communities and places or which support people into employment.
The six successful Powys applications were:
Green Heart of Wales/Zero Carbon Mid Wales - £523,962
Powys County Council - Go Green to Get Clean. - £408,000
Powys Localities Initiative - £428,232
Montgomery Canal restoration feasibility study - £336,666
Powys Community Skills Initiative - £764,863
Enterprise Powys - £217,389
Cabinet Member for Housing, Planning, Economic Regeneration, Councillor Iain McIntosh said; “This is excellent news for Powys coming so quickly after the funding successes of the UK Levelling Up Fund which committed more than £22m to the county."
Authorities were able to submit a prioritised shortlist of bids from their area up to a maximum value of £3m for 2021/22 only.