Community Grants Awarded

2014 Community Grants Awarded

$20,000 has been distributed to 9 applicants this year:

1. $1300 to the Chamber of Commerce for an Art Banner Project through the downtown thoroughfare
2. $7000 to the FPA/Town Square Planning Group towards construction of a gazebo and the planting of a live Holiday Tree in the new Town Square
3. $3000 to the Backyard Restaurant for dust control and landscaping of its parking lot
4. $400 to Shear Pleasure Salon for landscaping in front of the store
5. $2000 to the Forestville United Methodist Church to support the Food Closet and its weekly downtown clean-up efforts
6. $1800 to the Historical Society in a project to capture Forestville’s history by engaging youth in doing video interviews of the Town’s elders
7. $400 to the Hollydale Club towards the purchase of a new table tennis table
8. $3000 to Forestville School for a shade structure over an outdoor area where children eat lunch, work with tutors, and participate in an after school reading program
9. $1100 to Prime Timers to support its lunch program and activities for our seniors.