The Neighborhood Beautification Grants (NBG) initiative, a component of the City’s Community Partnerships & Engagement Division is designed to engage and encourage residents to work with their neighbors on an enhancement and improvement project that promotes healthier, safer, and cleaner neighborhoods.
Donor Name: City of Salinas
State: California
City: Salinas
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,000 – $8,000
Details:
The Neighborhood Services program objective is to cultivate healthy and resilient neighborhoods, support engaged and informed residents, stimulate a thriving community, and properly manage shared assets and spaces to achieve a collective impact in the development of neighborhood communities and service delivery strategies to improve the overall quality of life in Salinas.
Building partnerships and relationships with Salinas residents is a priority to the City of Salinas staff and elected officials. The NBG supports in building the desired connection with residents and helps with fostering long-term relationships, as complimented by the community. To carry on with the program, the City council approved an allocation of funds for beautification projects in the amount of $56,000, to be equally distributed at $8,000 to each Council District and the mayor’s office. Each council district representative is given the opportunity to identify and select an eligible proposed community project to allocate funds to. The NBG was initiated for residents to unite and propose neighborhood improvement projects with the opportunity to obtain funding upon approval.
Funding Information
Proposed projects must have a minimum budget of $2,000 and not exceed $8,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any resident, group, or organization with a new or established community project in Salinas is eligible to apply. The group project must focus on beautification, restoration, neighborhood improvements, fostering neighborhood leadership and/or address neighborhood problems. Each group must include at least five volunteers or members to be eligible. The following groups working on a project that will directly benefit their community are encouraged to apply:
- Residents
- Community-led groups
- Advocacy groups
- Art organizations
- Apartment or community associations
- Neighborhood watch groups
Project Criteria
Projects submitted should:
- Be able to be completed within the grant established timeline
- Promote neighborhood self-help efforts
- Promote neighborhood improvement and beautification
- Provide health and safety benefits as well as improvements for residents
- Have confirmed neighborhood support
- Be visible and accessible to all city residents
- Support a neighborhood need
- Include a detailed plan for ongoing maintenance as part of the proposal
For more information, visit City of Salinas.
