Neighborhood Project Grant Program accepting applications for 2015

Sioux Falls, (KELO-AM): The Neighborhood Project Grant Program is a Community Development initiative that started in 2013 and is designed to encourage neighborhood involvement. Organized neighborhood associations are eligible to apply for up to $2,000 for projects that enhance a neighborhood’s livability, benefit the entire neighborhood as a whole, and foster a strong sense of community. The application deadline is May 1, 2015, and award recipients will be announced on May 8, 2015.

“The Neighborhood Project Grant Program has been a tremendous success over the past two years, and we look forward to seeing what creative projects neighborhoods are interested in tackling in 2015,” says Adam Roach, Neighborhood Development Coordinator. “This opportunity has provided a platform for neighbors to become more engaged with one another, has encouraged projects that have a lasting visual impact on their respective neighborhoods, and has really sparked neighborhood association interest from all corners of Sioux Falls.”

Past Neighborhood Project Grant Program awards have supported the following projects:

• ·         Whittier neighbors designed neighborhood identification signage and spearheaded an alley lighting project.
• ·         Cathedral Historic District incorporated sidewalk poetry and restored their historic pillars.
• ·         All Saints neighborhood conducted an outreach campaign and an alley lighting project.
• ·         Pettigrew Heights made green space enhancements at West 12th Street and South Grange Avenue.
• ·         Terrace Park neighbors designed neighborhood identification signage and enhanced flower gardens in Terrace Park.
• ·         Garfield neighborhood conducted a community outreach campaign.
• ·         Downtown Sioux Falls installed pet waste stations throughout the central business district.
• ·         Tenth and Western neighborhood restored numerous boulevard trees.

For more information on how neighborhoods can participate in this year’s Neighborhood Project Grant Program or how to become a recognized neighborhood association, please contact Adam Roach at 367-8179 or aroach@siouxfalls.org. Grant applications can be found at www.siouxfalls.org/community-development.

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