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Parks are an invaluable humanizing asset in an urban environment, providing space for people of
different ages and from all walks of life to experience relaxation and tranquility, or to share the
company of others in communal activities. By funding projects in parks, we help to create moments
of joy, beauty, and neighborhood celebration that bind us together as a community.
Following is a list of last year’s grants in parks a well as those grants made thus far this year.
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Organization Grants to Parks for FY06
| | Benton Park Neighborhood Association | $5,000 | |
Professional grant writing help.
| | | Forest Park Forever | $65,000 | |
Forest Park Leadership Academy.
| | | Frank Lloyd Wright House Ebsworth Park | $25,000 | |
Road and parking lot. Second and final payment of a grant totaling $50,000.
| | | Gateway Greening | $41,000 | |
Promotion of neighborhood greening. This is the third and final payment of a grant totaling $113,000.
| | | Grace Hill Settlement House | $5,000 | |
Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing Celebration.
| | | Ivory Perry Park | $6,000 | |
To support the 2006 summer concert series.
| | | Missouri Botanical Garden | $82,000 | |
2006 Whitaker Music Festival.
| | | Missouri Humanities Council | $10,000 | |
Kirkwood Library Chautauqua.
| | | Show Me Sound | $15,000 | |
AFRO-Percussion International Park Series.
| | | Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis | $60,000 | |
2006 festival. First payment of three totaling $180,000.
| | | Tower Grove Park | $50,000 | |
Urban forest restoration. First payment of a four year grant totaling $350,000, of which $150,000 is a matching gift.
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