Parks and People

Parks & People Foundation Recognized the following Community Groups at our 11^th Annual Community Greening Celebration
October 18, 2006:

Neighborhood Greening Groups and Project Name

Lighthouse Ministries
Fishers of Men Project
Pastor Gary Harrison, Co-Pastor
Brenda Harrison, & Deaconess
Patricia Glenn

Seton Hill Association, Inc.
Streetscaping with container planting
Karen French

St. Ambrose Center
St. Ambrose Center Community Garden
Emily Mattes

Dayspring Programs, Inc.
Dayspring Community Garden Project
Kelly Bower

The Stadium School
Francis Horich

Govanstowne Business Association
Govanstowne Streetscape Greening-Fall 2006
Laura Penza

Partnerships For Parks Groups and Project Name

Eastside Productions Youth Outreach
Briscoe Park Facelift
Butch McGinnis

Friends of Carroll Park
Carroll Park Fitness Trail
Gloria Pestridge

Friends of Two Rivers Park
Two Rivers Park Improvement Project
Randolph Capone

Friends of Violetville Park
Violetville Park Improvements
Becky Piercy

Masjid Ul-Haqq
Humanitarian Day
Imam Hassan Amin

Neighbors of Library Square
Library Square Monument Greening
Tara Labosky

Community Grants Program

Parks & People Foundation’s Community Grants Program supports community-led greening projects throughout Baltimore City. Neighborhood Greening and Partnerships for Parks grants are awarded to neighborhood associations, schools, park friends groups, faith-based organizations and other community groups that wish to conduct greening projects in their community and/or improve city parks. Click here to see a map of our 1996-2006 community grants projects.

For more information or to discuss your potential grant project, contact a Parks & People Foundation community organizer:

West – Abby Cocke
410-448-5663 ext. 122 or abby.cocke@parksandpeople.org

East – Molly Gallant
410-448-5663 ext. 128 or molly.gallant@parksandpeople.org

South – Jaleel Nash
410-448-5663 x103 or jaleel.nash@parksandpeople.org

Click here to see which community organizer to contact for your neighborhood.

Fall 2008 Funding Cycle

The deadline for applying for a grant in the fall 2008 funding cycle is Friday, August 1, 2008. We ask that all prospective applicants send a representative to one grant training workshop. At these workshops, we will review our programs, application and process, as well as connect applicants to staff members. Refreshments will be provided. See below for dates and locations.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Location:
HEBCAC Headquarters
901 N. Milton St.
Baltimore, MD 21205
Enter via the door on the corner of Milton and Eager

Thursday, June 12, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Location:
Bon Secours Community Support Center
26 N. Fulton Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21223

To attend, please RSVP to grants@parksandpeople.org or 410-448-5663 ext. 111.

You can also view the Community Grants Training Presentation to get an overview of the grants, funding guidelines and tips on completing the application. The presentation may take a minute or so to load depending on the speed of your internet connection.

Application

You may download and complete a Microsoft Word version of our application here.

Applications must be mailed or hand delivered to:

Parks & People Foundation
Community Grants Program
Stieff Silver Building
800 Wyman Park Drive, Suite 010
Baltimore, MD 21211

o e-mailed or faxed applications will be accepted. To be eligible for the fall 2008 funding round, applications must be hand delivered or postmarked no later than Friday, August 1, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.