Boise Mayor Bieter announces almost $500,000 in neighborhood grants
Playground equipment, signs, lighting equipment and neighborhood plans are among the projects that won money from Boise City Hall.
The winners of Boise’s Neighborhood Reinvestment grants, announced Friday, are designed to improve neighborhoods across the city. They are part of Boise’s Energize Our Neighborhoods initiative.
In all, the city approved 20 capital project grants worth $446,810 and another 26 mini-grants worth $40,733. Each project was requested by application through the city’s registered neighborhood associations. The city has awarded more than $5.5 million in these grants since 1997, according to a city of Boise news release.
Mayor David Bieter announced this year’s grants at Comba Park in the West Valley Neighborhood, where more than $580,000 has been invested through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant program. In all, more than $5.5 million in neighborhood reinvestment grants have been awarded citywide since 1997.
Energize Our Neighborhoods is a collaboration between Boise’s residents, public and private partners, and the City to improve livability. Its goal is “to identify opportunities to align resources, make measurable change, and create more vibrant and connected neighborhoods. The program is focused on neighborhood-level citizen engagement around projects designed to increase livability.”
Energize Our Neighborhoods is focused on eight topical planning areas: arts and history; children and youth; health and community; public safety/firewise; sustainability and transportation.
Here’s a complete list of this year’s Neighborhood Reinvestment grants:
Focus area | Neighborhood | Project | Grant amount |
Arts and history/placemaking | |||
subtotal: $135,396 | Barber Valley | Barberton Valley History | $15,000 |
North and East ends | FDR 1937 visit exhibits | $15,000 | |
Central Rim | Three sign toppers | $1,289 | |
Sunset | Neighborhood pole signs | $43,800 | |
Morris Hill and Depot Bench | Dog park amenities (Morris Hill Park) | $49,307 | |
Morris Hill and Depot Bench | Electricity (Morris Hill Park) | $11,000 | |
Children and youth | |||
subtotal: $129,700 | North End (Washington Elementary) | Playground equipment | $52,000 |
Vista | Native Plant Learning Center (Hawthorne Elementary) | $30,000 | |
Veterans Park | Playground equipment (Fairview Park) | $47,700 | |
Health and community services | |||
subtotal: $9,000 | Central Bench | Community garden | $4,000 |
East End | Roanoke community garden | $5,000 | |
Public safety/firewise | |||
subtotal: $65,000 | Central Foothills | Firewise chipper | $25,000 |
East End | Chipper service | $10,000 | |
Highlands | Chipper service | $20,000 | |
Warm Springs Mesa | Safety and chipper | $10,000 | |
Sustainability | |||
subtotal: $45,714 | East End | Neighborhood plan | $20,714 |
Central Bench | Neighborhood plan | $25,000 | |
Transportation | |||
subtotal: $62,000 | Trailhead access, Bogus Basin to Harrison Hollow | $11,000 | |
North End | Boise Green Bike station (Hyde Park) | $5,000 | |
North End | 13th Street historic lighting | $46,000 | |
Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant total | $487,543 |
This story was originally published April 15, 2016 at 2:06 PM with the headline "Boise Mayor Bieter announces almost $500,000 in neighborhood grants."