{"id":34964,"date":"2018-06-01T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-neighborhood-councils-eligible-to-apply-for-matching-grants\/"},"modified":"2018-06-01T13:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T20:04:00","slug":"kents-neighborhood-councils-eligible-to-apply-for-matching-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/kents-neighborhood-councils-eligible-to-apply-for-matching-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent&#8217;s Neighborhood Councils eligible to apply for matching grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recognized Neighborhood Councils in Kent are eligible to apply for funding for community improvement projects through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentwa.gov\/residents\/neighborhood-program\/neighborhood-grant-program\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link\">Neighborhood matching grant <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentwa.gov\/residents\/neighborhood-program\/neighborhood-grant-program\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"link\">program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are encouraged to work together, use their imagination to improve their neighborhood, develop a sense of community and build relationships. The deadline for applications is Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Neighborhood Matching Grant Fund is a component of the city of Kent&rsquo;s Neighborhood Program. Eligible grant funding can be used for entrance signs, landscaping or beautification in common areas, benches, walkways or murals. A dollar-for-dollar match is required via community contributions such as volunteer labor, donated professional services, cash, materials or supplies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a great way for members of the Neighborhood Councils to get more involved and to work together to improve their community,&rdquo; said Toni Azzola, neighborhood program coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Grants are evaluated by the grant review team and selected based on neighborhood participation, benefit to the public, planning, scope of work and maintenance of project after completion.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on forming a Neighborhood Council or to obtain a matching grant application, visit KentNeighborhoodProgram.com or call Azzola at 253-856-5708.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funds can be used for community improvements <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":34965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-34964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34964"}],"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=34964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34964"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=34964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}