The struggle over neighborhood grants continues. I’ve worked with others to try to increase funding for neighborhood grants over the years. And for a few years, we had more money available for neighborhood projects. Last year, and perhaps the year before, the mayor reduced it back to $50,000 with the excuse being, as it has been in the past, that there weren’t enough projects. Apparently, that is not the case. This year there were 21 applications with $104,500 worth of applications. Given the relatively small amount of money, the fact that it usually leverages volunteer work and aids with neighborhood pride and organizing, it’s a shame that funding isn’t available for some of these projects.
I’d recommend: Increasing the funding back to $100,000
Here’s the projects that got money:
Wisconsin Cooperative Housing Association
Neighborhood Gateway Sign Replacement
$5,200
Worthington Park Neighborhood Association
Sustainable Worthington Park
$7,000
Arbor Hills Neighborhood Association
Neighborhood Sign
$5,000
Brentwood Village Neighborhood Association
Brentwood Village Neighborhood Initiative
$10,000
Northside Planning Council
Buy Northside-Northside Pride Campaign
Requested $19,500 Received $8,300
Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association
Carpenter-Ridgeway Park Labyrinth
$2,000
Orchard Ridge Neighborhood Association
Leadership Training and Capacity Building
$2,000
Carpenter-Ridgeway Neighborhood Association
Starkweather Creek Enhancement Project
$2,000
Hiestand Neighborhood Association
Hiestand Woods Entrance on Wittwer Road
$1,500
Monona Bay Neighborhood Association
Monona Bay Neighborhood Signage
$2,000
Not funded due to lack of funding:
Dudgeon-Monroe Neighborhood Association
Sustainable Dudgeon-Monroe
$7,000
Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara Neighborhood Association (SASYNA)
Sustainable Atwood
$7,000
VanChaMaShe Neighborhood Association
VanChaMaShe /Hoyt School Rain Garden
$25,000
Dunn’s Marsh Neighborhood Association
Dunn’s Marsh Neighborhood Sign
$8,000
Capitol Neighborhoods, Inc.
Period Garden Park Restoration
$1,290
Stoughton Road Revitalization Project
Stoughton Road Landscaping & Public Art Plan
$2,000
Not funded due to low score and lack of funding:
Stone Meadows Neighborhood Association
Stone Meadows Neighborhood Communication B
$650
Bridge Lakepoint Waunona Neighborhood Center
Owl Creek Community Building
$1,840
East Isthmus Neighborhoods Planning Council (EINPC)
Engaging Through Intersections II: Action
$2,000
Board of Westhaven Trails Association
Park Cleanup and Maintenance
$2,000
Prairie Hills Neighborhood Association
Residence Safety Updating
$2,000
