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Grant panel advances top outdoor-recreation projects after staff updates and debate
Summary
After staff updated the committee on staffing and scoring, members advanced multiple mini-grant bundles and a set of regional and RRI projects for final consideration; staff reported roughly $17.7M available and stressed selectivity based on quality rather than simply funding all requests.
Committee staff and members spent the morning reviewing materials and making selections to move groups of projects into the final award phase. Caroline and other staff walked members through the new and larger evaluator comment sheets, explained how RTP and state parks applications were flagged in the packet and noted the availability of roughly $17.7 million in funding for this cycle. "We have 17.7 available in funding," Caroline said when summarizing the committee's budget picture.
The committee adopted a motion to advance the top-ranked…
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