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County accepts $104,000 Enough Act award to support place-based work in Uptown Chestertown
Summary
Kent County accepted a $104,000 local management board capacity-building grant from the Enough Act to support a place-based planning process in Uptown Chestertown and capacity building for nonprofits, Washington College partnerships and paid youth internships.
Rosemary, representing the Local Management Board, told the Kent County commissioners the board had been awarded $104,000 under the Enough Act to support place-based capacity building in Uptown Chestertown.
She said the funds will support an advisory council and partnerships with Washington College and neighboring counties to hire a consultant to help local nonprofits expand grant management and service capacity. The award will also fund a summer program of about 12 paid internships for high school students tied to the Innovation Plan at 800 High Street, and continued door-to-door canvassing that previously reached about 1,000 doors and 370 households.
“Those funds are meant to promote capacity building, to support our nonprofits and our other partners, and to start a really community driven planning process for a specific neighborhood,” Rosemary said, describing the program approach and the plan to label the resulting document a “children’s agenda.”
Commissioners asked whether a county match was required; Rosemary said no direct cash match is required, though staff time and existing community partnership dollars may be used to leverage activities. She noted the award currently runs through June 30 and the board may request an extension to September if necessary.
A commissioner moved and the board voted to accept the Local Management Board capacity-building award; the motion passed by voice vote.
The grant is intended to support “place-based” work in identified priority neighborhoods; in Kent County the advisory council selected Uptown Chestertown (roughly Calvert Street to Washington Park and Brook Meadows), which Rosemary said is where most families with children reside.
