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City submits $6.96 million Quality of Life grant application for UFO‑themed skate park; organizers promise events and community upkeep
Summary
City staff and community organizers submitted a Quality of Life grant application seeking up to $6,956,000 to build a skateboard and roller‑derby complex. The application requires no local match and, if awarded, must be spent by June 30; organizers described community cleanups and planned events to sustain the facility.
The city of Roswell submitted a Quality of Life grant application seeking up to $6,956,000 on Wednesday to build an expanded UFO‑themed skate and roller‑derby complex, Geneva Martinez told the City Council.
Martinez, representing community organizers, said the grant application was submitted the same day after city staff and partners spent several days preparing materials and retyping the application into the online portal. “This grant has no matching funds. So we will…
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