The Neighborhood Beautification Grant (NBG) initiative, a component of the City’s Community Partnerships & Engagement Division (CPED), 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, while strengthening community connections and the social fabric within them.
Donor Name: City of Salinas
State: California
City: Salinas
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The NBG 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.
Funding Information
To carry on with the program, the City council approved an allocation of funds for beautification projects in the amount of $42,000, to be equally distributed at $6,000 to each Council District and the Mayor’s office
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.
Eligibility Criteria
Any resident, group, and/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
For more information, visit City of Salinas.
