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 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 will partner with Lend a Hand in Leland provide service though volunteering. Lend a Hand in Leland is a newly formed program dedicated to engaging volunteers in enhancing, beautifying, and enriching their community. The goal is to create a sense of community pride where volunteers feel fulfilled by seeing their efforts enhance public spaces for all residents to use and enjoy.
This initiative, funded through the N.C. State Legislature and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, provides funding to local governments to help overcome barriers in coastal resilience and adaptation planning, boost local government capacity, and support a proactive, sustainable, and equitable approach to coastal resilience planning and project implementation.
The four phases of the program include:
- Phase 1: Community Engagement and Risk & Vulnerability Assessment
- Phase 2: Planning, Project Selection and Prioritization
- Phase 3: Engineering and Design
- Phase 4: Implementation
The Town has completed Phases 1, 2, and 3 of this program and has received a Risk & Vulnerability Assessment and Project Portfolio. Learn more about our resiliency efforts. The Town was awarded funding for Phase 3 for the engineering and design of Mallory Creek Drive Drainage Improvements.
The primary objective of Phase 4 of the RCCP is to provide funds for the implementation or construction of a prioritized resilience project in the 20 coastal counties. Grant funds may be used for the construction or implementation of a project that improves the resilience your community’s critical assets, people, and property, to identified coastal hazards (e.g., flooding, sea-level rise, storm surge, etc.). The Town will implement improvements along Mallory Creek Drive for proper drainage and stormwater management.
NCWRC’s Partners for Green Growth program will provide the Town with a guidance document to be used by our Planning Department to assist in the development of the Town’s first Green Network Master Plan. Following completion, the Town will update our policies accordingly and proceed with creating requirements for developments to connect open spaces, connecting existing and proposed conservation areas, neighborhoods, riparian corridors, and sensitive natural environments. In addition, we anticipate using this guiding document to plan for Trail Ready Nodes along the Green Network and creating plans for water access, blueways, and greenways.
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 has a priority to attach currently unpaved roads to paved streets to strengthen the connection between residents and the community.
The Leland Police Department will use these funds to purchase new standard issued radios. As one of the essential pieces of equipment for our officers, the handheld radio is needed for officers’ communication, safety, and to provide the highest level of service to the citizens of the Town of Leland.
Fire safety grants fund critically needed resources to equip and train emergency personnel, enhance efficiencies, and support community resilience. The Leland Fire/Rescue Department requested funding for a mobile air compressor station for a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).