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Awards Ceremony: Larimer County's 2012 Small Grants for Community Partnering

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Department: Natural Resources
Release Date: Apr 23, 2012

Contact Information:

Sue Burke, Coordinator, Small Grants for Community Partnering, (970) 679-4566, sburke@larimer.org


Citizens Work on a 2011 Small Grant for Community Partnering at Big Thompson Elementary

 Awards for the Larimer County Open Lands Program’s Small Grants for Community Partnering will be formally presented at the April 26, 2012, meeting of the Open Lands Advisory Board  (5:00 p.m., Loveland City Council Chambers, Loveland Municipal Building, 500 East Third, Loveland). 

 
The Larimer County Department of Natural Resources is pleased to announce ten awards, totally $17,437.50 for community projects throughout the county.    
 
Grantee
Project Name
Award Amount
Location
Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center
Hearts & Horses Sensory Trail
$1,996.50
west Loveland
Soaring Eagle Ecology Center
Soaring Eagle Ecology Center Handicapped Accessible Outdoor Classroom , Parking, Path
$1,900.00
Red Feather Lakes
Poudre Wilderness Volunteers
Backcountry Trails:  Clearing, Maintenance, and Noxious Weeds Abatement
$1,874.00
USFS
Mulberry Community Gardens
Mulberry Community Gardens - Bees, Chickens and Electricity
$1,367.00
Fort Collins
Friends of the Gardens on Spring Creek
Garden of Eatin' Educational Signage
$1,800.00
Fort Collins
Dean Acres HOA
Dean Acres HOA Natural Area Enhancement
$1,300.00
northwest Fort Collins
Big Thompson Elementary
Playscape Project:   Bioswale and ADA Trail
$2,000.00
west Loveland
Andrew Creekmoor/UNC
Archaeological surface and Magnetrometry Survey at River Bluffs Open Space
$1,200.00
east of Windsor
Larimer County Foundation for Larimer County Youth Conservation Corps
Larimer County Youth Conservation Corps Summer Programs
$2,000.00
throughout Larimer County
Buckeye Community Club
Buckeye School Handicap Restroom Facility
$2,000.00
Northern Larimer
 
 
“Small Grants for Community Partnering” is an initiative of the Larimer County Open Lands Program with the intent of dispersing a portion of the Help Preserve Open Spaces sales tax dollars throughout the county for community projects which connect people to the land. Since 1998, 124 community projects have received approximately $170,000 in funding. Annual funding available is $20,000 for individual awards up to $2,000 per project.
 
To find out more about Small Grants for Community Partnering, go to www.larimer.org/openlands/smallgrants.htm orcall Sue Burke at 679-4566.  
 
 

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