The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has launched the Boating Facility Grant Program to help communities capitalize on the surge in new boating activity.
Donor Name: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
State: Pennsylvania
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/30/2022
Details:
The Boating Facility Grant Program provides grants for planning, acquisition, development, expansion, and rehabilitation of public boating facilities located on the waters of the Commonwealth.
The PFBC encourages townships, boroughs, and municipal and county governments to apply. Nonprofit groups (501c3) including land trusts, conservancies, and watershed associations are also eligible to apply. Private businesses and service clubs are not eligible for direct funding but are encouraged to partner with their local county or municipality.
Responsibilities
- Eligible projects must occur on public lands owned by the project sponsor, or where the sponsor has a long-term lease or agreement on the site.
- Applicants must be willing to enter into a 25-year agreement to keep the facility open to public use.
- All work must be completed within a two-year period.
- Applicants must agree to provide for all costs for ordinary and routine maintenance of the facility for the term of the agreement.
- Applicants must provide a sign that acknowledges that the facility was constructed or improved with funds from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
- Applicants must obtain all the necessary permits and local land use approvals required for the construction and operation of the proposed facility.
Eligibility Criteria
Boating Facility Grants are available to public entities, including townships, boroughs, municipal and county governments as well as to nonprofit groups (501c3) including land trusts, conservancies and watershed associations that have or will have the capability to provide boat access facilities that are open and available for general public use.
For more information, visit Boating Facility Grant Program.
