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Selectmen authorize First Selectman to accept up to $300,000 STEAP grant for inclusive Waveny Park playground
Summary
The board authorized First Selectman Deanna Carlson to accept a potential 2025 STEAP grant of $300,000 to support an all-abilities playground at Waveny Park; the total project budget listed by presenters is $775,000 with town match and anticipated private funds.
The New Canaan Board of Selectmen on March 4 voted unanimously to authorize the First Selectman to accept, if awarded, a 2025 Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) grant of $300,000 to help construct an all-abilities playground at Waveny Park.
The grant writer who presented the resolution said the total project budget is $775,000 and the town is committing $325,000 in local funds that have already been authorized. Presenters told the board they had indicated in the state's application that the Friends of Waveny…
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