{"id":1892,"date":"2009-02-13T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/city-of-kent-seeking-neighborhood-projects-will-provide-50-percent-match\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T02:35:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T09:35:26","slug":"city-of-kent-seeking-neighborhood-projects-will-provide-50-percent-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/city-of-kent-seeking-neighborhood-projects-will-provide-50-percent-match\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Kent seeking neighborhood projects; will provide 50 percent match"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Groups that have formed neighborhood councils in Kent are eligible for matching grants from the city for community projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe neighborhood matching-grant fund is a component of Kent\u2019s Neighborhood Program, where residents are encouraged to work together to make improvements to their neighborhoods, develop a sense of community, and build relationships with each other,\u201d said Toni Azzola, Kent\u2019s neighborhood program coordinator. \u201cThe Matching Grant Fund gives residents a little extra incentive to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Projects eligible for grant funding include signage for neighborhood entrances and landscaping for traffic circles and retention ponds, even neighborhood newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>Grant funds are awarded on a competitive basis.<\/p>\n<p>The City is accepting matching-grant applications in two rounds, with due dates on April 1 and Sept. 1 for funding in 2009. Only recognized neighborhood councils are eligible to apply.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, go to www.KentNeighborhoodProgram.com or call Toni Azzola at 253-856-5708.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Groups that have formed neighborhood councils in Kent are eligible for matching grants from the city for community projects. \u201cThe neighborhood matching-grant fund is a component of Kent\u2019s Neighborhood Program, where residents are encouraged to work together to make improvements to their neighborhoods, develop a sense of community, and build relationships with each other,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-1892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1892"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}