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Supervisors approve changes to Recreation Incentive Fund; parks staff outline grants and recent facility upgrades

5793624 · August 27, 2025
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Summary

The Board approved revisions to the Recreation Incentive Fund application window and project timeline and heard an update on parks projects including court refurbishments, Boca Wild festival, grant-funded kayak pool and a wheelchair-accessible van.

The Board of Supervisors approved an update to Botetourt County’s Recreation Incentive Fund that expands the application window, shortens project-completion timelines and raises the maximum award level, and county parks staff summarized recent grant awards and completed park upgrades.

The approved changes to the county’s matching grant program (the Recreation Incentive Fund) include: a longer application window (staff proposed moving application opening to January with two months to apply), a requirement that awarded projects be “shovel-ready” with project completion within 12 months (replacing an 18-month completion…

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