RI Foundation awards $500,000 in community grants, including paint for the Rocky Point arch

Posted 4/28/16

The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday the award of $500,000 in grants to fund community-building activities in all 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island, including one to help repaint the …

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RI Foundation awards $500,000 in community grants, including paint for the Rocky Point arch

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The Rhode Island Foundation announced Wednesday the award of $500,000 in grants to fund community-building activities in all 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island, including one to help repaint the Rocky Point arch.

The Centennial Community Grants program is just one in a series of activities to mark the Foundations 100th anniversary this year.

”Our work would not be possible but for the visionaries who came before us, the donors who generously invest in Rhode Island and the community leaders who convert the resources into action,” said Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Foundation.

Forty-three projects in all received funding. Nonprofit organizations, municipal governments and public agencies are among the recipients. All the work that is being funded is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

The Rocky Point Foundation received $5,620 to paint the Rocky Point Arch. Along with the assistance and support of the Warwick Department of Public Works and the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, rust will be removed and the 60 foot tall structure will be repainted.

“Members of the community have frequently, via social media and other means, called for the arch’s revitalization. As Rocky Point’s renewal as a recreational resource continues, we hope through this project to preserve this significant piece of park’s rich past,” said John Howell, president of the Rocky Point Foundation in the grant application. Grant funds will pay for the paint and a hydraulic lift with the work being done by the city’s Department of Public Works.

”We are celebrating our Centennial by funding projects that will bring life to every one of Rhode Island’s remarkable cities and towns. Communities will blossom and grow stronger as this works rolls out,” said Jessica David, the Foundations senior vice president of strategy and community investments in ceremonies at Gov. John Notte Memorial Park in North Providence The event was at the Lodge at Camp Meehan, where a gazebo will be built with one of the grants.

Other grants will go to building bikes lanes, creating neighborhood libraries, designing walking tours, planting community gardens and installing historical markers and monuments. The maximum grant was $15,000.

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