The New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor offer competitive grant funding to support tourism and recreation along the New York State Canal System (Canal waterways and Canalway Trail).
Donor Name: Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Program supports capital improvement projects and acquisition of equipment and amenities that enhance tourism, especially overnight stays, and recreational assets along the NYS Canal System (Canal waterways and Canalway Trail).
The program provides funding to support tourism infrastructure and amenity improvements, and events. Grant funding is open to counties, municipalities, units of local government, not-for-profit organizations and federally recognized Native American tribes.
Program Categories
- Construction or improvement of recreational assets including trails, parking areas, accessible boat launches, docks, storage facilities, rest stops, and amenities such as permanent outdoor public art, plazas, gardens, or amphitheaters.
- Purchase and installation of equipment, machinery and materials designed to create or enhance visitor experiences such as grounds maintenance equipment, bike racks, potable water, restrooms, porta-johns, showers, benches, WIFI, and security upgrades.
- Purchase and installation of wayfinding signage on non-Canal Corporation property only. Requests for wayfinding signage on NYS Canal Corporation property will not be considered.
- Repair and restoration of existing waterway and trail features or amenities.
- Preservation, rehabilitation, or enhancement of canal-specific historic, cultural or natural resources.
- Enhancements or equipment to improve access to the NYS Canal System, visitor centers, or canal-related tourism sites.
- Contracted services including garbage removal, porta-johns, bike and kayak rental services, and maintenance crews.
Funding Information
$5,000 to $24,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
- Funding is open to counties, municipalities, units of local government, not-for-profit organizations and federally recognized Native American tribes located within the National Heritage Corridor. Applications for infrastructure projects located on land owned by the New York State Canal Corporation are open only to federal/state/local governments, unless a not-for-profit applicant is currently named as a permittee on an existing Canal Corporation Use and Occupancy Permit.
- Applicant must include a resolution or other clear and strong documentation demonstrating organizational, municipal or tribal leadership support for the project.
- The New York State Canal Corporation is subject to the State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Act (Chapter 433 of the Laws of 2010) and must, to the extent possible, make funding decisions consistent with the provisions of that Act.
- Ineligible applicants include private individuals, for-profit businesses, not-for-profit organizations applying for projects on NYSCC owned land without a Use and Occupancy Permit, political or religious based organizations, and certain special purpose units of government, such as schools or fire districts.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate project site ownership.
Ineligible Uses of funds
Applicants cannot request funds for:
- Payments for previous activities and projects
- Continuation of projects funded in prior grant rounds
- Reduction of existing debt
- Indirect costs
- Purchase of real property
- Political or religious activities
- Additions to reserve funds or endowments of an organization
- Wayfinding signage on NYS Canal Corporation property
- General organizational marketing (including development of websites)
- Projects or programs that will re-grant the funds received
- Festivals or events (funded separately through the Event Support grants).
For more information, visit ECNHC.
