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Grant writer outlines pipeline; council asked to post grant list online
Summary
Contract grant writer Lisa Andosia reported multiple grants pursued for the town—confirmed awards and advanced appropriations include a $500,000 congressional appropriation for police communications and state grants under consideration; council requested the administration post the grant spreadsheet on the town website.
Lisa Andosia, the town's contracted grant writer, presented a summary of recent activity and said she has been working with the administration for the past 11 months to pursue federal and state funding for town priorities.
Andosia identified specific awards and advanced appropriations: a $500,000 congressional communication equipment appropriation for the police station, $500,000 from the Rhode Island DEM for Pacheco Park, a $50,000 award from the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank, and a $17,000 ventilation and fire-suppression award for the senior center through the Rhode Island Health and Education Building Corporation. She distinguished these confirmed amounts from other congressional “advanced appropriations” that still require final presidential signature or further processing.
Councilors asked that the grant summary and source-and-use detail be posted on the town website so the public can review which grants are in hand, which are advanced appropriations, and which remain pending.
