Greenbelt staff propose one-time out-of-cycle grant on-ramp for new recognition groups

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City staff proposed an on-ramp to allow first-time recognition-group project grant applications outside the regular November–February cycle, citing growth from 29 to 51 groups since FY 2018 and a $36,500 discretionary fund for midyear awards; council asked staff to limit amounts and preserve fairness.

City staff asked the Greenbelt City Council during a work session to approve a formal procedure to consider first-time recognition-group project grant applications outside the regular annual grant cycle.

Nicole DeWald, arts supervisor, told the council that recognition groups have grown from 29 to 51 since fiscal year 2018 and that the recreation department needs a faster, fair way to onboard groups that appear midyear. She said staff propose an on-ramp that would let first-time project-grant applicants be evaluated immediately through a compressed review and routed to a single advisory board whose mission most closely aligns with the request.

"We would do a compressed version of the review process," DeWald said, adding that the applicant would pass through the recreation business office hub and be evaluated using the same rubric applied during the regular cycle to…

Greenbelt staff propose one-time out-of-cycle grant on-ramp for new recognition groups

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