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 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.
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) supports states, local communities, tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they face from disasters and natural hazards.
The program’s guiding principles are supporting communities through capability and capacity building; encouraging and enabling innovation; promoting partnerships; enabling large infrastructure projects; maintaining flexibility; and providing consistency.
The South Navassa Road Pump Station is increasingly vulnerable to flooding as climate change is affecting storm surge, high-tide, and rising sea levels. The requested FEMA BRIC grant will fund relocation of the South Navassa Road Sewer Pump Station to reduce potential flood hazards.
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.
The Firehouse Subs Safety Foundation provides lifesaving equipment and required resources to first responders and public safety organizations to help them serve their communities and save lives. This funding will be used by the Town of Leland Fire/Rescue to purchase essential extrication equipment to save lives of people trapped in closed in quarters. In an emergency, time and proper tools can make the difference between life and death. Town of Leland Fire/Rescue would utilize this high performance equipment in dire situations.
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.
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.