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.
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.
As a firefighter owned company, Ram Air Gear Dryer, has appreciation for preserving the safety of firefighters and those they serve. Firefighters are at a higher risk of developing cancer than most other professions. Ram Air Gear Dryer makes it their goal to not let dry time prevent firefighters from washing turnout/bunker gear as often as they need to. Ram Air Gear Dryers are designed to dry gear quickly, safely and efficiently to NFPA 1851 standards–allowing for more frequent wash cycles to rid gear of carcinogens and chemical components.
If awarded this grant, the Town of Leland will use grant funds to obtain a gear dryer for turnout gear. This dryer will aid in drying turnout coats, pants, boots, gloves, hoods, dry suits, and other gear not approved or suitable for a traditional dryer.
Lowe’s Hometowns is a five-year, $100 million investment focused on rebuilding and revitalizing communities across the country. Each year from 2022 through 2026, consumers are given the opportunity to nominate a community space in their hometown – such as a neighborhood garden, park or community center – to receive a physical renovation. Lowe’s will select 100 projects per year to be completed by the nonprofit receiving the grant, in partnership with our Lowe’s store associates and community volunteers. Additionally, as part of Lowe’s Hometowns, Lowe’s stores and support centers will select and complete nearly 1,700 smaller projects in their local communities through product donations and associate volunteerism. Lowe’s Hometowns is the company's largest-ever commitment of its kind and builds on its 100+ year history of giving back to the communities it serves.
The Town of Leland requested funding to go towards Founders Park renovations which will add inclusive playground equipment and accessibility for those who use mobility devices. This will be accomplished with an at-grade to the playground and all rubberized surface. The playground will have a disc swing and wheelchair accessible merry go round.
The Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program helps communities around the country carry out projects for surface transportation infrastructure with significant local or regional impact.
The Town of Leland is applying to the U.S. Department of Transportation RAISE program to fund the planning, preparation, and design of road extension projects. The Town is seeking funding for planning, preparation, and design to include environmental analysis, feasibility studies, benefit-cost analysis, and other pre-construction activities such as survey, wetland delineation, geotechnical explorations, etc. for the extensions of roadways.
The Safety Grant program is exclusively for North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM) workers' compensation and property and liability pool members. This program provides funding in the form of matching grants to purchase equipment or services to improve the Town's risk management efforts.
The Town of Leland's Public Services Department has requested funding towards the purchase of a stormwater/sewer "push" camera. The addition of this equipment would reduce confined space work conditions and assist in the investigation of clogs in the Towns' stormwater system.
NCLM's Property & Liability grant will provide funding to support the installation of security measures at the Leland Cultural Arts Center (LCAC). This installation will ensure the guests, Town staff, and LCAC are protected at a higher level.