This $720,000 federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) will support the transformation of a 281-acre county farm in Person County, North Carolina into a unique passive green space park. The park will offer traditional outdoor recreation opportunities to a large regional area encompassing five neighboring counties. Key elements of the project include 15 miles...
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources was awarded a $901,100 project grant from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The funding will support the Austin Park Board's acquisition of 12.6 acres for the development and renovation of Broadway Community Park in Scott County, Indiana. Planned improvements include constructing a nature walking trail, installing solar lighting and burying...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) provides $1,301,720.70 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to renovate Calgary Park in Cleveland, OH. The project will replace the existing playground, picnic tables/benches, and loop trail, as well as add a shelter, parallel parking, pollinator planting areas, and an entry plaza. Obsolete basketball...
The Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $3,900,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to fund the construction of outdoor recreational amenities in Willow Grove, PA. The project will involve building pedestrian walkways, an internal loop trail, a plaza, pavilion, comfort facility, ballfield, multipurpose courts, access drive,...
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will construct 1,500 feet of an 8-foot-wide natural surface equestrian, hiking and cycling trail along an abandoned railroad embankment in Lincoln, Nebraska under a $621,000 Project Grant from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The trail construction will include retrofitting an existing steel truss railroad bridge over Salt Creek to include a durable surfaced deck and safety railings....
The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $1,174,306 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). ODNR will subgrant the funds to the City of North Olmsted, Ohio to construct a performance stage and sound system, create four trailheads, complete an internal park trail system, install new lighting and extend the performance stage parking lot at a centrally located park. The project will...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The grant funds will be used by ODNR, in partnership with the City of East Cleveland, to significantly repair infrastructure and reinvigorate the 175-acre East Cleveland portion of the 249-acre Forest Hill Park. Specifically, the grant will finance the repair...
The U.S. National Park Service awarded a $1,361,409 Project Grant under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). ODNR will sub-grant the funds to the City of Bay Village to construct 2,180 linear feet of trail and a pedestrian bridge across Cahoon Creek in the Bay Point area. The project will also include site preparation, lighting, signage, landscaping, and native plantings to create an accessible loop...
The Department of the Interior National Park Service National Office awarded a $1,031,800 Project Grant through the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR will sub-grant these funds to the Huron Clinton Metropolitan Authority to improve the Reflection Trail at Stony Creek Metropark near the park's nature center. The project will include constructing accessible parking spaces, trails,...
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources will receive $801,790 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to improve camping and recreational facilities at a state park. Funded through the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916), the project will relocate and expand the family campground, upgrade water and sewer systems, improve campground roads and parking, install electric lines and...