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Grant Team Chris - grant oversight
Matching Grant Application Approved! Neighbors- Great News - I just got a call from the City of Raleigh to inform us that the Historic Glenwood-Brooklyn Neighborhood Association has received a grant in the amount of $4380 (the full amount we requested)! An excerpt from the proposal is included below and you can view the full proposal here. In a nutshell, this grant will enable the neighborhood to complete three exciting projects: 1) to paint a neighborhood mural on the south side of 700 Glenwood Ave (the building at the corner of Glenwood and Peace owned by Richard and Jill Averitt), 2) to construct two Historic Glenwood-Brooklyn Neighborhood signs to be placed in the Glenwood median at the neighborhood's northern and southern boundaries, and 3) to execute Stage I of improvements (cleaning, planting, and mulching) to the Glenwood median. These projects in combination will significantly enhance the neighborhood's identity within the City of Raleigh, and will continue to build on the strong and positive restoration our neighborhood has experienced in the past decade. The City of Raleigh voted unanimously to support the proposal citing it as being the "strongest proposal that the City received" and that it will "enhance not only the neighborhood but the City as whole." They encouraged us to involve the media as these projects unfold by tying our efforts into larger City efforts related to the Livable Streets initiative, the Traffic Calming initiative, and other efforts to make downtown Raleigh a vibrant, dynamic place to live and work. Receiving this grant was truly a neighborhood effort. Completing work to execute the three projects by the middle of June will also require many in the neighborhood to chip in and give a hand. Please be looking for further communications to organize a "neighborhood workday" and give it your best shot to come out and help the neighborhood. For more detailed information about these projects, check out the grant proposal using the above link or stop by the next monthly neighborhood meeting on Wednesday, April 7, at 7pm. Grant Excerpt: The purpose of the "On the Map" project is to build on recent, positive neighborhood efforts to establish a strong identity for the Historic-Glenwood Brooklyn neighborhood, the first documented subdivision to be planned after Raleigh's founding in 1792. Established in 1905, the neighborhood is enjoying a second renaissance since its hey-day, with new and established families restoring the neighborhood's historic homes and community spaces to their original splendor. Despite these successes, the Historic Glenwood-Brooklyn neighborhood still lacks an identity among Raleigh's other historic neighborhoods including Oakwood, Boylan Heights, and Five Points. It is still often referred to as the "neighborhood between Glenwood-South and Five Points." The "On the Map" project is valuable because it serves as a visible and tangible sign of the significant pride and progress made by the neighborhood in the past decade. Neighborly,
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