Rural Beautification Grant Guidelines
Rural Beautification Grant Guidelines The Tompkins County Community Beautification Program gives grants to municipalities in Tompkins County, outside of the City of Ithaca, for the rural towns to implement beautification projects. These grants are funded by the Tompkins County Tourism Program. You are strongly encouraged to talk with the Community Beautification Coordinator before you get too far in planning your project. The application process is informal and does not need to be lengthy. You should write a description of the project include a rough budget state how much you are asking for from the Community Beautification Program indicate how the project will be maintained Important points to keep in mind concerning the grants:
The project should be in an area that is highly visible to the public: along a main road or near a public building such as a Town Hall or school.
It is a matching grant. The match can be in the form of money, services, supplies, or volunteer labor.
It is a reimbursement grant. The municipality agrees to front the money for the project and is then reimbursed by our program when the project is done.
The grant money cannot be used to pay someone who is already on the municipality's payroll.
The typical range of the grants is $1,000 to $2,000, but each grant is taken on a case by case basis.
For more information, contact Chrys Gardener at 607-272-2292, ext. 241, or email [email protected]. More information is available at www.ccetompkins.org/beautification.
The project should be in an area that is highly visible to the public: along a main road or near a public building such as a Town Hall or school.
It is a matching grant. The match can be in the form of money, services, supplies, or volunteer labor.
It is a reimbursement grant. The municipality agrees to front the money for the project and is then reimbursed by our program when the project is done.
The grant money cannot be used to pay someone who is already on the municipality's payroll.
The typical range of the grants is $1,000 to $2,000, but each grant is taken on a case by case basis.
For more information, contact Chrys Gardener at 607-272-2292, ext. 241, or email [email protected]. More information is available at www.ccetompkins.org/beautification.
