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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 FY07
| | Gateway Greening | $60,000 | |
Neighborhood Community Gardening & Greening Program. This is the first payment of a three year grant totaling $180,000.
| | | Grace Hill Settlement House | $45,000 | |
2007 Whitaker Urban Evenings Series.
| | | Double Helix/KDHX | $15,000 | |
Tower Grove Farmers' Market Music Series.
| | | Missouri Botanical Garden | $100,000 | |
2007 Whitaker Music Festival.
| | | Missouri Historical Society | $73,000 | |
Festival of commUNITY Days in Fairground Park.
| | | Operation Brightside | $30,000 | |
Urban Roots: Downtown St. Louis Plantings.
| | | Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis | $60,000 | |
2007 festival. Second payment of three totaling $180,000.
| | | Tower Grove Park | $50,000 | |
Urban forest restoration. Second payment of a four year grant totaling $350,000, of which $150,000 is a matching gift.
| | | Tower Grove Park | $150,000 | |
Urban forest restoration. This is the payment of a $150,000 matching gift. This matching money was raised earlier than expected by the park.
| | | Urban Strategies, Inc. | $25,000 | |
Chambers Park.
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