Poplar Bluff Parks And Recreation

Poplar Bluff Parks And Recreation, a U.S. local government entity (City of Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation Division) based in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, receives federal grant sub-awards exclusively — operating as a sub-recipient rather than a prime contractor or grant recipient. The division has received five federal sub-awards totaling $200 thousand, all routed through the Missouri Department Of Public Safety as prime grantee and funded under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards.

The five sub-awards, dated between September and December 2025, cover parks and recreation infrastructure maintenance and capital work: debris removal at a Poplar Bluff Parks and Recreation facility (September 2025), greenhouse maintenance shed rebuild, lighting fixtures and installation at Whiteleys Field, bleachers and fencing at Whiteleys, and management costs. All five awards flow through a single funding agency — FEMA — with Missouri Department Of Public Safety serving as the intermediary prime grantee that distributes grant funds to local municipal entities. The division's federal footprint is confined to sub-recipient status under disaster-recovery or infrastructure-grant funding channeled through Missouri's state safety agency, with no prime grant awards, no federal contracts, and no access to federal contract vehicles (GWACs, IDIQs, BPAs, GSA Schedules).

This is a municipal parks department receiving pass-through federal grant dollars for facility repairs and operations — not a federal contractor or independent grant recipient. The vendor's federal engagement is limited to execution of locally scoped, FEMA-funded capital and maintenance projects, with no contracting capacity, no prime award authority, and no recurring relationship outside the state-intermediary structure.