PORTSMOUTH — Grant applications are now available for Aquidneck Island organizations and neighborhood groups working to preserve special little open space parcels, improve neighborhood parks or create community gardens.
The Aquidneck Land Trust's (”ALT”) Merritt Neighborhood Fund provides grants ranging from $100 to $2,500 to Aquidneck Island's neighborhood and community groups working to strengthen their community's identity and natural character and to model the ethic of land conservation and stewardship through community volunteerism.
Since the Merritt Neighborhood Fund was established in 1999, the ALT has awarded grants to local groups in Portsmouth, Middletown, and Newport to revitalize parks, fund community gardens, repair and purchase playground equipment and improve aesthetic value through landscaping.
ALT established the Merritt Neighborhood Fund to honor the late Peter M. Merritt, the organization's visionary board president emeritus, for his decade of leadership. He had a vision to execute the mission of the ALT on a smaller scale to benefit individual neighborhoods across Aquidneck Island.
“Examples of valuable projects that can be enacted on a neighborhood level include community gardens, transformation of neglected properties for community recreation and beautification, playground improvement, and pocket parks,” said ALT Executive Director Ted Clement.
The deadline for proposals is April 1. Grant applications may be obtained by contacting ALT at 401-849-2799 or by visiting www.AquidneckLandTrust.org
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