1 / 6

Environmental Protection Fund

Environmental Protection Fund. Municipal Grant Program Parks, Historic Preservation and Heritage Area Systems. CFA 2011. $13.3 million awarded 50 projects funded Projects in all 10 regions. Program Description.

cwen
Download Presentation

Environmental Protection Fund

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Environmental Protection Fund Municipal Grant Program Parks, Historic Preservation and Heritage Area Systems

  2. CFA 2011 • $13.3 million awarded • 50 projects funded • Projects in all 10 regions

  3. Program Description • Acquisition, planning, development, and improvement of parks, historic properties, and heritage areas. • All grant awards under this program come with long term protections, either through parkland alienation law, conservation easements or covenants recorded against the deeds. • Historic properties must be listed on the State or National Registers of Historic Places. All work must conform to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. • Heritage Areas projects must be identified in the approved management plans for Heritage Areas designated under Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law.

  4. Eligible Applicants • Municipalities and not-for-profit organizations with an ownership interest in the property are eligible to apply.

  5. Reimbursement • Successful applicants are reimbursed for 50 percent of their eligible expenditures. • Projects located in impoverished areas, the grant award can be up to 75 percent of the project cost. • All applicants are expected to raise their share within one year of the award, or risk cancellation of the grant.

  6. Contact Info Mindy Scott, Director of Grants, at NYSOPRHPGrants@parks.ny.gov (518) 474-8372 OPRHP Regional Grant Administrator…..

More Related