{"id":5750,"date":"2011-11-27T19:13:44","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T03:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/king-county-parks-grant-program-include-kents-west-fenwick-multi-use-field\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T10:50:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T17:50:35","slug":"king-county-parks-grant-program-include-kents-west-fenwick-multi-use-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/king-county-parks-grant-program-include-kents-west-fenwick-multi-use-field\/","title":{"rendered":"King County parks grant program include Kent&#8217;s West Fenwick Multi-Use Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Matching fund grants totaling $685,185 will help build new sports complexes, playgrounds, an equestrian center and a rowing facility including $28,000 for Kent&#8217;s West Fenwick Multi-Use Field.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingcounty.gov\/recreation\/parks\/partners\/ysfg.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">King County Parks\u2019 Youth Sports Facilities Grant<\/a> (YSFG) program will leverage nearly $1.5 million for local parks and recreation projects through partnerships with cities, schools and local community organizations.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>The grants, as large as $75,000, are administered by the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks. The YSFG program is funded and sustained through a one-quarter of 1 percent car rental taxes, and funds can only be used for developing and constructing facilities, and not for maintenance or operations costs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Participating community organizations must match the grant money.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Suburban cities and school districts are encouraged to partner with youth sports leagues and community organizations to apply for grants. Grant funds can be used for a variety of projects, including construction or rehabilitation of ball fields, playgrounds and sport courts, among others.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matching fund grants totaling $685,185 will help build new sports complexes, playgrounds, an equestrian center and a rowing facility including $28,000 for Kent&#8217;s West Fenwick Multi-Use Field.<\/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-5750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750"}],"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=5750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5750"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}