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.
If awarded, the Leland Police Department will us utilize the funds to outfit two (2) current Police SUV' s with mini mobile command stations and one multiuse UW. The mini mobile command stations will be utilized to assist with incident command situations ranging from natural disasters to basic calls for service such as missing persons. Being equipped with the mini mobile command station will allow officers to respond to those incidents and immediately set up a command station allowing for more efficient dispersing of resources and timely situation control. The UTV will be utilized for search and rescue situations. The Town of Leland is in a natural disaster-prone area and the need of a UTV to be able to access to the areas where a full-sized vehicle is unable to go. As the Town of Leland' s population continues to grow, the use of mini mobile command stations and the UTV would be vital to the success of search and rescue missions along with the lifesaving efforts during a natural disaster incident.
Art Around Town is a series of community events for all ages featuring artist demonstrations, lessons, and hands-on community art activities. These events are intended to reach community members that may not have access to or be familiar with the Leland Cultural Arts Center facility. With the help of professional artists, community members will have the opportunity to create one-of-a-kind art projects, free of charge, from an array of mediums. There will also be opportunities for watching artist demonstrations, music and movement activities, and collaborative projects. This promotes the notion that creating is not bound by one’s location or access to traditional art supplies.
The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP) provides grants to projects that help reduce flooding and restore streams across North Carolina. The program was created by the NC General Assembly, which approved $38 million in funding for StRAP in the budget appropriations bill for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. StRAP allocates money for projects that protect and restore the integrity of drainage infrastructure of North Carolina’s waterways.
The funding received from this program will assist tin the vegetative debris for Jackeys Creek from Highway 17 to Lanvale Road.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained, "front line" firefighters available in their communities. Grants awarded under the Hiring Activity enable all volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to restore staffing levels to attain a more effective level of response and a safer incident scene. FEMA awards Hiring Activity grants directly to volunteer, combination, and career fire departments to help fire departments increase their cadre of frontline firefighters by providing financial assistance in three categories:
▪ Rehire: Rehiring firefighters who were laid off within the two years prior to the start of the application period
▪ Retention: Retaining firefighters facing imminent layoff – within 120 days of the close of the application period
▪ New Hire: Hire new, additional firefighters.
The Town of Leland applied for funding for 6 additional staff members for 2 years.
The primary goal of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service organizations. Since 2001, AFG has helped firefighters and other first responders obtain critically needed equipment, protective gear, emergency vehicles, training and other resources necessary for protecting the public and emergency personnel from fire and related hazards. The Town of Leland applied for essential safety equipment for the Respirator Fit Testing System with updated software. This essential protection gear allows the Town of Leland Fire/Rescue to properly test and maintain the fit of respiratory safety gear, which is utilized daily during emergency response operations and routine safety drills.
The Leland Tourism Development Authority grant program assists organizations with the marketing, promotion, and execution of projects and initiatives that promote tourism in – and attract visitors to – the Town of Leland.
As our Town grows, Leland Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Recourses is committed to growing and adapting our recreational amenities and programs to meet the expectations of our community. We look forward to increasing the number of performances and events so all ages can interact at the heart of the Town, while creating memories as families, neighbors, and friends.