Bringing accessibility to everyone in Parry Sound is the goal of StopGap.
The program provides temporary ramps to main street businesses whose single step doorways can be barriers to many including those using mobility aids or parents pushing strollers.
Community Living Parry Sound Facilitation and Planning Coordinator Tricia Bain says providing greater accessibility helps everyone.
Funding for the program is provided by an $1800 grant from Love Your Block, a program by Lakeland Power and Parry Sound and will help finance the first eight stores participating in the program.
Bain says they’re ready to go.
Bain says she has reached out to local schools to see if students want to take part in the building and painting of the ramps.