The Town of Leland actively seeks grants and other funding opportunities to fund various projects, procure specialty equipment, and provide funding for training. Grant funding allows the Town to go beyond the limits of our operational budget and provide a solution for evolving community problems. Thank you to the agencies for recognizing the needs of our Town.
Since 1986, RTC has worked to bring the power of trails to more communities across the country, serving as the national voice for the rail-trail movement. With more than 1 million grassroots supporters, 25,000+ miles of rail-trails on the ground nationwide and more than 9,000 miles of rail-trails ready to be built, the focus is on linking these corridors—creating trail networks that connect people and places, bringing transformative benefits to communities all across the country. RTC's flagship initiatives—the Great American Rail-Trail®, TrailNation™ and TrailLink.com™—bring that strategy to life, connecting millions of people by trail.
The Town of Leland has requested assistance in funding of detailed designs for Sturgeon Creek Park and a new trail system.
The North Carolina Recreation and Park Association (NCRPA) is dedicated to providing the highest caliber benefits to member agencies and professionals. NCRPA has allocated for 9 funding opportunities to be used for a regional mini-grant program as an investment in the profession.
The Town of Leland is requesting funds to expand programming at our arts center. If awarded the funds will be used to purchase supplies for printmaking. This grant will help with the start-up of this program and will maintain the ability to offer this program for years to come. The Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources department offers a wide range of cultural arts programming to the public, to both youth and adult participants. In the Spring & Summer programming season, we will be contracting with a local printmaking instructor to offer different types of printmaking to our participants of all ages. The Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources department works with local artists to provide excellent programs.
Since 2005, the Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program has provided more than 5 million trees to over 1,000 nonprofit charitable partners and government agencies in the U.S. The Apache Corporation donates trees to a wide variety of organizations, including cities, counties, schools, parks, universities, youth associations, wildlife refuges and charitable service groups. In addition to the development and improvement of public parks and greenspaces, community partners often request trees to support a broad range of conservation efforts, including preservation of natural habitats and reforestation.
The Town of Leland has applied for the Apache Corporation Tree Grant Program. The Town of Lelandplan to plant trees along an area pathway. These trees will provide a shaded pathway for pedestrians and cyclists, making the area more inviting and comfortable for users.
The EEG program provides grants to non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and governmental entities to preserve and enhance North Carolina’s natural resources. The Town of Leland has submitted a letter of support to Dr. Joanne Halls, a Professor in the Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences at UNCW, who submitted the proposal. The deliverable resulting from the NC EEG proposal is an assessment of both flood risk and neighborhood vulnerability. These results will be GIS data layers that we can use in existing geodatabases and incorporate into planning and policy development.
Attorney General Josh Stein awards grants annually to projects that will help improve and protect North Carolina’s natural resources through the Environmental Enhancement Grant (EEG) program.
Since the EEG Program began, the Attorney General has awarded more than $41 million to 210 projects. These projects have resulted in the closure of 240 abandoned hog waste lagoons and the restoration or permanent conservation of more than 31,000 acres of land, wetland restoration, stormwater remediation, stream stabilization, as well as several environmental education and research initiatives.
In 2000, the Attorney General and Smithfield Foods entered into a 25-year agreement that, in part, provided $2 million per year for environmental projects across the state. This money was used to establish the EEG Program, which has awarded environmental grants since 2002.
The EEG Program offers reimbursement grants for projects that improve North Carolina’s air, water, and land quality by addressing the goals of the Smithfield Agreement.
Access to parks and green spaces impacts our lives well beyond the moment outside. With an active outdoor life comes more confidence, resilience, adaptability, community, determination and purpose—benefits that enrich us as human beings and as a society.
Hydro Flask's Parks for All program provides high-performance insulated products that help people enjoy the things they love to do in the places they love to be. If awarded Hydro Flask water bottles through this program, the Town of Leland would provide these to our Lend a Hand in Leland volunteers to support their participation and restoration efforts in our community.