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Commissioners set recommended priorities for Albany County recreation grants; Pilot Hill, Special Olympics top list
Summary
The Albany County commissioners reviewed presentations from local recreation organizations and approved a ranked recommendation list for county Recreation Board funding, putting Special Olympics and Medicine Bow Nordic near the top and asking one applicant to scale back its request.
The Albany County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 4 heard presentations from more than a half-dozen recreation and community groups seeking funding through the county Recreation Board and approved a ranked recommendation the board will forward to the Rec Board.
The commission put Special Olympics Laramie Stampede and the Medicine Bow Nordic Association at the top of its recommended funding list, followed by Common Outdoor Ground, the Pilot Hill trailhead project, the Laramie Plains Civic Center Griffin Theater audio upgrades and the Albany County Fairgrounds roof repairs. The board also recommended funding smaller asks from the Laramie Trap Club and Laramie Rifle/Range projects and placed the public library and a local cheer program (YOLO / “WIO Elite Storm” / YOLA) lower in the list, asking that the cheer program submit an amended, smaller request.
Why it matters: The county uses a mill levy allocation and leftover mill funding to…
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