Larimer County Natural Resources is proud to announce $20,589 in grants to support seven community and neighborhood projects that help educate and connect people to the land.
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The awards were given to a wide range of organizations across Larimer County through the department’s Small Grants for Community Partnering program.
The 2020 grantees, projects, amounts and locations include:
• Audubon Rockies Habitat Hero: Demo Gardens Enhancement Project $3,000 Northern Colorado
• Colorado Youth Outdoors Bridge reconstruction for Trails Program at Swift Ponds $3,000. Windsor
• The Growing Project. FOCO Commons Garden Beds Seasonal Extension $2,880. Fort Collins
• Hearts and Horses Trail of Discovery Interactive Extension $3,000. Loveland
• Raisin’ Roots Farm Soil Health & Production Improvements $2,940. Fort Collins
• Traut Elementary/Poudre School District Outdoor Classroom $3,000. Fort Collins
• Wildland Restoration Volunteers Planting the Seeds of Stewardship in Larimer County $2,940.
Northern Colorado Small Grants for Community Partnering is an initiative of Larimer County Natural Resources to disperse a portion of Help Preserve Open Spaces sales tax dollars for projects that:
• Enhance natural areas
• Create public linkages with existing open lands and parks
• Offer opportunities for environmental education, outdoor recreation or nature interpretation
• Provide opportunities for people to connect with the land through agriculture or increased access to open spaces and natural areas Develop new research on Larimer County open spaces
Annually, $20,000 is set aside from the tax funds for grant awards each year. Since 2008, Larimer County has awarded $329,172 for 207 community and neighborhood projects.
For more information about the program, contact Jennifer Almstead, grant program coordinator, at (970) 619-4569 or jalmstead@larimer.org, or visit www.larimer.org/small-grants.