{"id":10488,"date":"2016-06-07T10:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T14:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2017-04-14T15:27:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:27:26","slug":"23-maryland-parks-and-playgrounds-receive-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2016\/06\/07\/23-maryland-parks-and-playgrounds-receive-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Maryland Parks and Playgrounds Receive Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Natural Resources Now Accepting Grant Applications for Next Year\"Community<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a> is now accepting grant applications from cities and towns looking to rehabilitate or enhance local parks and playgrounds in their communities. Funding from the Community Parks and Playground Program<\/a> can be utilized to restore existing areas and features or to develop and expand new green spaces.\u00a0Applications for Fiscal Year 2018 funding<\/a> are due on Aug. 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating and improving public access to parks and play areas, especially those in more densely-populated areas, is a top priority for the department and state,\u201d Land Acquisition and Planning Director Emily Wilson said. \u201cThat is why we continue to work to expand opportunities for our citizens and children to experience the great outdoors and all that nature has to offer. The program provides a recreational oasis in an otherwise urbanized setting. We encourage municipalities to take advantage of this grant opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The department recently awarded 23 grants in Fiscal Year 2017 \u2013 totaling $2.5 million \u2013 to communities throughout Maryland, from Baltimore City to Trappe. Each grant was evaluated by the department and included in Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s capital budget. Every project will be presented to the Board of Public Works for final approval.<\/p>\n

Community Parks and Playground Program grant recipients included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Baltimore City<\/td>\nClifton Park Playground<\/td>\nReplace playground equipment and safety surface.<\/td>\n$190,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltimore City<\/td>\nCollington Square Park Improvements<\/td>\nReplace playground equipment and safety surface.<\/td>\n$180,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barton<\/td>\nBarton Little League Field<\/td>\nUpgrade concession stand and restrooms<\/td>\n$62,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Berlin<\/td>\nHenry Park<\/td>\nConstruct permanent restrooms.<\/td>\n$95,895<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boonsboro<\/td>\nShafer Park<\/td>\nRenovate restrooms.<\/td>\n$55,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cambridge<\/td>\nCattail Crossing Community Playground<\/td>\nPurchase and install playground equipment and safety surface.<\/td>\n$191,497<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capitol Heights<\/td>\nLondon Woods<\/td>\nRehabilitate basketball and tennis court surfaces.<\/td>\n$96,056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chesapeake City<\/td>\nHelen Titter Park<\/td>\nConstruct comfort station and parking area.<\/td>\n$101,250<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colmar Manor<\/td>\nNewton Street Park<\/td>\nReplace playground equipment.<\/td>\n$97,347<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Denton<\/td>\nSharp Road Community Park<\/td>\nConstruct multi-purpose fields and walking trail.<\/td>\n$197,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
District Heights<\/td>\nSports Complex Upgrades<\/td>\nConstruct restroom facilities, renovate basketball court and install new fitness equipment.<\/td>\n$166,534<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emmitsburg<\/td>\nEmmitsburg Community Park<\/td>\nRenovate pool and restroom area.<\/td>\n$217,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Federalsburg<\/td>\nJohn Smith Water Trail Access<\/td>\nConstruct ADA canoe and kayak floating pier.<\/td>\n$26,404<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Galena<\/td>\nGalena Elementary School<\/td>\nDevelop walking trail along perimeter of ball fields.<\/td>\n$80,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kitzmiller<\/td>\nHarrison Hanlin Children\u2019s Park<\/td>\nUpgrade playground equipment.<\/td>\n$93,473<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leonardtown<\/td>\nFireman\u2019s Park and Heritage Museum<\/td>\nCreate a new passive park.<\/td>\n$125,468<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meyersville<\/td>\nHarp Field<\/td>\nReplace tot lot and renovate basketball and tennis courts.<\/td>\n$45,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
North East<\/td>\nNorth East Community Park<\/td>\nPurchase and install playground equipment and safety surface.<\/td>\n$8,122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ocean City<\/td>\nBoardwalk Playground<\/td>\nPurchase and install new playground equipment and safety surface.<\/td>\n$120,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oxford<\/td>\nOxford Causeway Park<\/td>\nRefurbish tennis courts.<\/td>\n$50,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Preston<\/td>\nJames T. Wright Park<\/td>\nPurchase and install new playground equipment and exercise stations.<\/td>\n$74,924<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Queenstown<\/td>\nLittle Queenstown Creek<\/td>\nCreate new park including boardwalk, kayak launch and observation area.<\/td>\n$120,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trappe<\/td>\nNace\u2019s Park<\/td>\nCreate a new passive park.<\/td>\n$105,830<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department of Natural Resources Now Accepting Grant Applications for Next Year The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting grant applications from cities and towns looking to rehabilitate or enhance local parks and playgrounds in their communities. Funding from the Community Parks and Playground Program can be utilized to restore existing areas and features  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10488"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10507,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488\/revisions\/10507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}