Sentences with phrase «grants town community»

Munroe was born and grew up in the impoverished, stigmatized and often marginalized Grants Town community in Nassau, Bahamas.

Not exact matches

Our leadership team never takes this success for granted and regularly gives back to the community, so that our little beach town and the surrounding area is also able to benefit and grow from our success.

Tuesday is the day we pick up our Grant Family Farms CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) produce box at the drop point here in town.

The grants are going to: Ravinia Festival, $ 300,000 over three years for arts education and programming at Lawndale community organizations; Chicago Children's Museum, $ 80,000 for general operations; Steppenwolf Theatre Company, $ 80,000 for general operations; Association House, $ 75,000 for its integrated arts program; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, $ 75,000 for general operations; Northwestern University Settlement Association, $ 75,000 for arts programming in the West Town and Humboldt Park neighborhoods; and WTTW - Ch. 11, $ 75,000 for the Artbeat Chicago program series.

At 11:30 a.m., Poloncarz celebrates National Community Development Week by visiting sites funded by Community Development Block Grants funds, Town of Clarence Senior Center, 4600 Thompson Road, Clarence.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) today announced a popular candy maker will be able to expand its facilities, hire additional employees and grow its business in its home town of North Tonawanda with the assistance of a $ 100,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Business Program award.

Susan has 7 grants in the works; - Looping water on cherry hill & south putt - sewer 6 - crasgswood & Canaan rd to help the people affected by flooding -4 grants for solar backup for town hall, community center, highway garage, & back up for sewer 6 Susan has the pavilion being built @ feild of dreams plus getting sewer there & concession with bathrooms Finally the town & village will be doing a joint master plan.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal today announced Home Helpers and Direct Link of Amsterdam (HHDLA) will expand thanks to a $ 284,000 State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Small Business Program award requested by the Town of Amsterdam in Montgomery County.

Zatz responded to Hinson that he too wanted to see a significant increase in grant funding for the town, saying, «We're a lively community, but we're pretty grant - poor.»

BY MICHAEL RICONDA Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant -LSB-...]

But town supervisor Jeanne Walsh has developed a knack for securing grant funding to cover most of the costs of such projects, and the community has pitched in with plenty of volunteer fundraising efforts.

Stony Point — County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef presented a total of $ 2.67 million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to various municipal and not - for - profit groups at an award ceremony held ironically in Stony Point, the town that traditionally receives the least amount of support from the Community Block Grant Program.

The grant will assist Fish Creek Cabin Resort with working capital as they commence a $ 1.44 m civic, recreational and eco-tourism destination project that is transforming a once blighted landscape in the Town of Annsville from an income dormant rental housing community into a 7 - acre four - season economically viable recreation campus.

During the Southold Town board's work session Tuesday, town special projects coordinator Phillip Beltz provided members with a breakdown of how the Community Development Block Grant money would be spent in 2Town board's work session Tuesday, town special projects coordinator Phillip Beltz provided members with a breakdown of how the Community Development Block Grant money would be spent in 2town special projects coordinator Phillip Beltz provided members with a breakdown of how the Community Development Block Grant money would be spent in 2014.

Agree to sponsor a public hearing on the 2013 Rockland County Community Development Block Grant Program at 8 p.m. on January 29 at the Town Hall.

A Substantial Amendment to the 2016 Action Plan Components to the 2015 - 2019 Consolidated Plan as prepared for the Erie County / Town of West Seneca Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consortium and Erie County / Town of Hamburg / Town of West Seneca HOME Consortium.

Last week Cahill wowed Woodstockers with a $ 250,000 state grant toward renovation of the town community center.

During his career, he obtained several significant community development grants as grant writer with the Town of Amenia.

Responsive to the needs of the community, the AAS reviews and issues small research and travel grants (sponsored by the AAS, NASA, and the NSF), holds town meetings with agency representatives, and has recently demonstrated its leadership in preparing The American Astronomical Society's Examination of Graduate Education in Astronomy (funded by the NSF; AAS, 1997).

In addition, rather than appropriately fund Connecticut's education grants, Malloy's budget plan seeks to redirect existing state aid for public schools to Connecticut's poorer towns by slashing grants to wealthier and middle income communities.

The State's contribution would come from reallocating to the Co-op its current state support for special education (i.e. the portion of the Education Cost Sharing grant that is assumed to be attributable to special education, as well as funding for the Excess Cost grant), while municipalities would contribute by making a Community Contribution for each special education student who lives in their town.

Johnson County Library — Overland Park, KS Year: 2005 Amount: Grant: National Award for Library Service A myriad of successful programs that benefit all areas of Johnson County, Kansas, from the suburbs to small towns and rural communities, distinguish the work of the Johnson County Library.

The Town of Normal, Illinois offers the Homebuyer's Down Payment Assistance Program, which is funded by the Community Development Block Grant program and covers a portion of the down payment for eligible applicants.

The Town of Normal, Illinois offers the Homebuyer & rsquo; s Down Payment Assistance Program, which is funded by the Community Development Block Grant program and covers a portion of the down payment for eligible applicants.

The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation awarded us a grant and, thanks to this and additional support from the Cleo Fund, we are able to offer FREE spay / neuter and rabies vaccines for 600 stray, feral, and barn cats (community cats) from 10 different towns.

Team Luton, the town's leading competitive swimming club, is one of the latest projects to be awarded a grant by the London Luton Airport Community Trust Fund.

The 1,195 grants in this round are distributed under the categories of Art Works II, which funds the creation of art that encourages public engagement, lifelong learning, and community building; Our Town, a creative placemaking program that supports partnerships of artists, arts organizations, and municipal government to revitalize neighborhoods; Research: Art Works; and includes state and regional arts agencies.

The Our Town grant program is designed to support «creative placemaking,» or «when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work...» Among the winning projects are a $ 200,000 grant for installations in some of Los Angeles» most densely populated and underserved communities and a $ 100,000 donation for an artist residency at Boston City Hall.

White House Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob «Jack» Lew wrote in an opinion article for The New York Times that Obama is willing to cut financing in half, saving $ 350 million, for community service block grants that cities and towns that allocate to grassroots groups for them to provide basic necessities for poor people.

Prepared and Administered Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for $ 100,000 to bring multiple town facilities into compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act.

The My Brother's Keeper task force report to the president recommended that «All sectors of society, as well as parents themselves [must] do more to help ensure that parents and caregivers are equipped with the tools to help their children succeed...» The projects funded by the grants announced today embrace this goal and include work in communities that have accepted the My Brother's Keeper Community Challenge, a call to action for cities, towns, counties and Tribal Nations to build and execute plans to ensure that all young people can achieve their full potential.

• State policy makers track trends on the condition of children in Rhode Island cities and towns • Nonprofits, community organizations, and state agencies use the information for grant applications to bring resources to Rhode Island to improve children's lives • Local government and school district leaders use the information to plan education and outreach programs and to allocate resources