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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS: MISSOULA </span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COUNTY PARKS & TRAILS MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM</span></b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Missoula County Parks, Trails and Open Lands wants to fund projects that improve recreation opportunities on public lands located within Missoula County!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Each year, grant funds are made available to communities interested in creating and enhancing public recreation sites and facilities located within Missoula County but outside the Missoula City
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<span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">There is $50,000 available for community-driven projects that meet the outlined program criteria. Limit 1 application per group or organization, with no minimum or maximum limit for funding requests.
The application window is October 17 – November 30, 2022. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<span class="x_normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase">PROJECT: Seeley Lake Playground Project (2022) </span></b></span><span class="x_scxw32041258"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-transform:uppercase"><br>
Awardee: Seeley Lake Lions Club</span></b></p>
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<span class="x_eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">New this year! We will be hosting introductory webinar sessions on November 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> designed for those interested in learning more
about this program and an opportunity to answer any questions you may have on how to apply, qualifying projects, the award process, etc. Meeting invites for these sessions, along with application materials, are available on the
</span></span><a href="https://www.missoulacounty.us/government/community-development/community-planning-services/parks-trails/matching-grants#!/" data-auth="NotApplicable"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Matching Grant
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<span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">A brief project consultation is needed prior to submitting your application, which can be scheduled by following
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<span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Completed applications can be returned<span style="color:black"> via email (</span></span></span><a href="mailto:jlee@missoulacounty.us" data-auth="NotApplicable"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">jlee@missoulacounty.us</span></a><span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">).</span></span></p>
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<span class="x_normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black">Please forward this announcement to anyone you think might be interested in this funding opportunity.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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