Larimer County Natural Resources Announces Over $20,500 in Small Grants to Bolster Community Partner Projects

• Audubon Rockies, Northern Colorado, Habitat Hero Demonstration Gardens Enhancement Project, $3,000
• Colorado Youth Outdoors, Windsor, Bridge reconstruction for Trails Programming at Swift Ponds, $3,000
• The Growing Project, Fort Collins, FOCO Commons Garden Beds Seasonal Extension, $2,880
• Hearts and Horses, Loveland, Trail of Discovery Interactive Extension, $3,000
• Raisin’ Roots Farm, Fort Collins, Soil Health & Production Improvements, $2,940
• Traut Elementary/Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Outdoor Classroom, $3,000
• Wildland Restoration Volunteers, Northern Colorado, Planting the Seeds of Stewardship in Larimer County, $2,940

Small Grants for Community Partnering is an initiative of Larimer County Natural Resources to disperse a portion of Help Preserve Open Spaces sales tax dollars for projects that:

• Enhance natural areas
• Create public linkages with existing open lands and parks
• Offer opportunities for environmental education, outdoor recreation or nature interpretation
• Provide opportunities for people to connect with the land through agriculture or increased access to open spaces and natural areas
• Develop new research on Larimer County open spaces

Annually, $20,000 is set aside from the tax funds for grant awards each year. Since 2008, Larimer County has awarded $329,172 for 207 community and neighborhood projects.

For more information about the program, contact Jennifer Almstead, grant program coordinator, at (970) 619-4569 or [email protected], or visit www.larimer.org/small-grants.