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Recreation advisory committee recommends dozens of community grants, presses applicants on access
Summary
The Teton County Recreation District advisory panel on April 22 recommended grant awards to more than two dozen local programs — mostly $5,000 awards for summer and youth programming — and urged applicants to clarify access, lottery and scholarship procedures before final board action in May.
The Teton County Recreation District Advisory Committee on April 22 recommended grants to more than two dozen community organizations, endorsing a slate of primarily $5,000 awards for summer camps, youth sports, arts and inclusion programs.
"Thank you for your consideration again this year for our application," David Madera of the Jackson Hole Lacrosse Club told the committee as he described using grant funds for team and field equipment to keep player fees down. The committee moved to recommend the club’s FY27 grant not to exceed $5,000; the motion passed by voice vote.
Presenters from the Jackson Hole Children’s Museum, Partners (Dancing Alphabet), Jackson Hole Youth Soccer, Jackson Hole Youth Basketball, Jackson Hole Riders (Young Authors), Coombs Outdoors, Teton Literacy Center (SOAR), and many arts and therapeutic organizations described how grants would support equipment, outreach, scholarships and travel; advisory members approved recommendations for those applications.
Several trustees repeatedly pressed applicants to explain how…
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