{"id":115779,"date":"2023-01-26T22:39:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T03:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115779"},"modified":"2023-01-26T22:39:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T03:39:12","slug":"2023-livable-landscapes-grant-program-applications-open-january-26th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115779","title":{"rendered":"2023 Livable Landscapes Grant Program Applications open January 26th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure and the Division of Parks &amp; Recreation will accept applications for the 2023 Livable Landscapes Grant Program beginning January 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0until 1:00 pm, March 30, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Livable Landscapes Grant Program provides grant opportunities for land conservation, ecological restoration, education, and municipal park rehabilitation and development in Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p>The Division of Parks and Recreation will host a mandatory grant workshop on\u00a0<strong>Thursday, February 16, 9:00 am \u2013 12:00 pm<\/strong>\u00a0in the Education Room at Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center, Nazareth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All interested applicants need to:<\/li>\n<li>Attend this\u00a0<strong>mandatory grant workshop<\/strong>to learn about the 2023 grant priorities, revised grant guidelines, and briefly discuss their project intent.<\/li>\n<li>Schedule an\u00a0<strong>individual meeting<\/strong>with Sherry Acevedo, Conservation Coordinator.<\/li>\n<li>Download grant related forms on the Northampton County website, Parks &amp; Recreation page:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001XDgxQu4ZBRbV_GBSrPayqGZIgSNSWDGQF12rIleAxgaEhv_sM4QKxnjjUjtmB1GGk2QumAKbExbt-scru4KUaHFkuVp8l-hNTZYaY-SVMtlLNI7nnrtoJVMBzuGE4p_5rOR37cKJeeKurJ_FEa9E_4WRwGXwnyZzyWlfKfx-y7m_dUCjjbzsDbPpy7JxJ_jAMHajKnGSgsokshJp4GWArw==&amp;c=EX8X1qW_81rof9xbGdr4GmXTCZWAIMqH-JnNhMl-txBl4Aq9kMGHNA==&amp;ch=AAfIVspj8SDsTcvC5iiS2HpMmVikxPbbdM1_y1OMlf-P0_5rlLvFhg==\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/PUBWRKS\/PARKREC\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications<\/strong>are\u00a0<strong>due by 1 pm, March 30<\/strong><strong><sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0electronically (PDF format) only.<\/li>\n<li>Email applications to Sherry Acevedo at\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:sacevedo@northamptoncounty.org\">sacevedo@northamptoncounty.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>For larger file sizes, please contact Sherry for more information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLivable Landscapes funding is essential for municipal park improvements, outdoor recreation, regional trails, ecological restoration, and open space land conservation within the County\u201d, remarks Lamont G. McClure, County Executive.\u00a0\u201cOpen Space plays a vital role in the quality of life in our communities by protecting the environment, connecting our greenways and waterways, and providing overall health and wellness benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the grant program is to protect the County\u2019s important natural features by assisting municipalities and organizations to acquire, restore, and enhance permanently protected lands to conserve natural resources and provide outdoor recreation for future generations.\u00a0Since 2006, Northampton County awarded $19.735 million in Livable Landscapes grants for successful local and regional park improvements, recreation, land conservation, ecological restoration, and trail projects.<\/p>\n<p>Any updates will be posted on Facebook\u00a0<strong>NorCoParks and Trails<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information contact:<br \/>\nSherry L. Acevedo,\u00a0<em>Conservation Coordinator<br \/>\n<\/em>Northampton County Parks &amp; Recreation<br \/>\nOffice:\u00a0610-829-4872<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"mailto:sacevedo@northamptoncounty.org\">sacevedo@northamptoncounty.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNorthampton County Government Center<br \/>\n669 Washington Street<br \/>\nEaston, PA 18042<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/\">https:\/\/www.northamptoncounty.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure and the Division of Parks &amp; Recreation will accept applications for the 2023 Livable Landscapes Grant Program beginning January 26th\u00a0until 1:00 pm, March 30, 2023. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=115779\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2023 Livable Landscapes Grant Program Applications open January 26th<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,5738,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-northampton-county","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Northampton-county-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}