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Residents urge $50,000 matching fund for Fairview Woods Wetlands Park restoration during city budget hearing
Summary
A resident and Parks & Recreation volunteers asked Fairview's budget committee for a $50,000 matching grant for Fairview Woods Wetlands Park restoration during a public hearing; staff said the request should proceed through PRAC and the city's formal budget and grant-matching processes.
Ben Pointer, a Fairview resident and Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee volunteer, urged the budget committee to allocate at least $50,000 in matching funds to support restoration work at Fairview Woods Wetlands Park during the city budget public hearing Monday.
Pointer, who said this was his third appearance before the council on the matter, told the committee volunteers and local partners have formed a nonprofit friends group, secured fiscal sponsorship with a wetlands conservancy and pursued grants and volunteer events. He asked the budget committee to include…
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