Friday, June 24, 2011

Community Opportunity Fund

Today we applied for the Community Opportunity Fund Grant for McKinley Square.
The community opportunity fund is a result of the 2008 Bond for Park & Recreation.
MSCA applied for $48,567 grant which would include:

This grant applied for funding for:
    Native/Sustainable Plantings              (community stewardship, plants supplied by grant)
    New & Enhanced Trails                      (community constructed, materials supplied by grant)
    Public Art (platforms)                         (community constructed, materials supplied by grant)
    Drinking Fountain for middle trail    (professional install, materials supplied by grant)
    Solar lighting for middle trail             (professional install, materials supplied by grant)

Not on this grant, but on our planning list is
    Stairs - west side of Vermont            

If anyone has questions, or would like to help out, or be part of this process in anyway please feel free to email.

For details on the grant, here is a link:
http://www.mckinleysquare.com/Documents/McKinleySquareHillsideRenewal2011.pdf
An overview picture is here: