City of Buffalo is currently inviting City residents or eligible City resident-led groups to apply for a block beautification project.
Donor Name: City of Buffalo
State: New York
City: Buffalo
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/01/2022
Grant Size: up to $1,500
Details:
The City of Buffalo identified Love Your Block as a priority program within the Division of Citizen Services and has secured additional funding from Cities RISE to sustain the program. Now in its fourth year, the ‘Love Your Block’ program awards grants up to $1,500 to community groups, block clubs, and small, locally-owned businesses for projects that will transform or beautify a public space.
Love Your Block provides a unique opportunity for resident-led groups to transform and beautify their neighborhood while leveraging City services. Resident- led groups (grantees) receive a grant to transform their neighborhood. Proposed projects must fall in one of the four categories:
- Vacant Lot Activation: Community Garden/greenhouse, playground, public art installation, and recreational space
- Community Space Revitalization: Repairs or modifications to community facilities (schools, community centers, park shelters, senior centers, etc.), graffiti removal and/or replacement of graffiti with a mural, planting trees and/or landscaping community facilities
- Accessibility Improvements: Implementing creative lighting, replacing broken or worn out litter bins, creating/managing a “tool library” where neighborhood groups can borrow & return tools for cleanup projects
- Streetscape Improvements: Community volunteer-led beautification on the business strips in the five identified target areas. This includes landscaping, art installments, pedestrian spaces, lighting improvements, and public safety
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants residing in the Broadway-Fillmore, Kensington-Bailey, Masten Park, Riverside, Lower West Side and Upper West Side neighborhoods, although applicants from all neighborhoods in the City of Buffalo are encouraged to apply. Block clubs and community-based organizations outside of these seven neighborhoods are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit City of Buffalo.
