Raleigh County Recreation Authority

Raleigh County Recreation Authority, doing business as Raleigh County Parks & Recreation, is a West Virginia county government entity that serves as a federal grant recipient for brownfield remediation and community infrastructure projects. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient (not a federal contractor) and holds no federal contract vehicles; 33% of its recent federal funding footprint comprises prime grant awards, with 67% routed through sub-recipient arrangements.

Raleigh County Recreation Authority received a $2 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.818), effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028. The award funds brownfield remediation of a single site in Raleigh County, West Virginia, with deliverables including site cleanup, a community involvement plan and administrative record, competitive procurement and oversight of a qualified environmental professional for site assessment and cleanup, and quarterly progress and final accomplishment reporting through EPA's Assessment, Cleanup and Redevelopment Exchange System (ACRES). The project anticipates one community meeting, finalization of one brownfield cleanup-alternatives analysis, and sixteen quarterly reports. Subrecipients include the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (for VRP-related report reviews and approvals) and Region I Planning and Development Council (for project management, grant administration, and grant reporting).

Raleigh County Recreation Authority also appears in two sub-recipient grant awards. On May 28, 2026, it received a sub-award for construction of approximately 9.73 miles of multi-use recreational rail trail (Clear Fork Rail Trail II) involving clearing, grubbing, base-course and capping material, a new 185-foot trestle, renovation of a 245-foot trestle, earthwork, signage, and related appurtenances. On February 5, 2026, it received a sub-award from the West Virginia Office of Energy to replace outdated lighting on the park's softball fields with energy-efficient fixtures. The combined dollars obligated across all three awards totals $2.5 million, and one award reaches ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months.