{"id":15456,"date":"2017-06-14T16:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=15456"},"modified":"2017-06-14T16:46:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T20:46:48","slug":"community-parks-and-playgrounds-program-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/06\/14\/community-parks-and-playgrounds-program-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Parks and Playgrounds Program Accepting Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Department of Natural Resources Offers Funds for Improved Access to Open Spaces<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/8\/7345\/9216754226_d758b75c79.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0is now accepting grant applications from cities and towns seeking to build, enhance or rehabilitate local parks and playgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>Funding from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/land\/Pages\/ProgramOpenSpace\/cpp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Parks and Playground Program<\/a>\u00a0can be used\u00a0to restore existing areas and features or to develop and expand new green spaces.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/land\/Pages\/ProgramOpenSpace\/CPP-Grant-Process.aspx\">Applications<\/a>\u00a0for Fiscal Year 2019 funding are due Aug. 16.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreating and improving public access to Maryland\u2019s lands and waters is\u00a0central to our mission,\u201d Land Acquisition and Planning Director Emily Wilson said. \u201cThat is why we continue to\u00a0expand opportunities for everyone to experience the great outdoors and all that nature has to offer. We encourage communities to take advantage of this competitive grant program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to enhance the livability of communities by creating, enhancing or restoring parks, playgrounds and other local open spaces. Municipalities are encouraged to emphasize projects that offer public access benefits that improve the quality of life in existing population centers and demonstrate low impact development management, materials and techniques.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of Governor Larry Hogan and the Maryland General Assembly, the department <a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/05\/08\/maryland-municipalities-receive-parks-and-playgrounds-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">awarded<\/a> $2.5 million for 23 new projects in Fiscal Year 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Natural Resources Offers Funds for Improved Access to Open Spaces The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0is now accepting grant applications from cities and towns seeking to build, enhance or rehabilitate local parks and playgrounds. Funding from the\u00a0Community Parks and Playground Program\u00a0can be used\u00a0to restore existing areas and features or to develop and expand<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/06\/14\/community-parks-and-playgrounds-program-accepting-applications\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"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":[957,23,12],"tags":[3208,3210,2952,3356,3003],"class_list":["post-15456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-land","category-parks","tag-community-parks-and-playgrounds-program","tag-emily-wilson","tag-larry-hogan","tag-maryland-general-assembly","tag-program-open-space"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15456","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\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15456"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15511,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15456\/revisions\/15511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}