Tag: Grants
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Preserving a Pool, Building Champions
Public pools can be the heart of a community, especially in a city surrounded by water like Mercer Island. Pools are where kids learn the skills to swim safely, where high schoolers build lifelong bonds, and in this case, where Olympic gold medalists are made. The Mary Wayte Pool, named for the 1984 Olympic 200-meter freestyle champion who grew up swimming…
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Levy Grant Brightens up SeaTac BMX Track
As we enter the time of year where the darkness seems to come earlier and earlier, the City of SeaTac is fighting back with a brand-new lighting installation to illuminate their BMX racecourse. King County Parks awarded a Parks Capital & Open Space grant worth $258,196 to the City of SeaTac in 2023. Last week,…
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Tipping the Scales Toward a Greener Future
King County Parks is committed to restoring and sustaining our natural environment to benefit people and animals alike, but we can’t do this work alone. Across the County, a dedicated network of community partners is investing in education, restoration, and youth programs to ensure our green spaces and waterways are safe and healthy for all.…
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Parks Mid-Levy update
Four years into our current levy, Parks’ focus on increasing recreational opportunities and making Parks and trails more accessible to all King County residents is reflected in our recent grant-funded projects. Levy Grants in Action Parks Levy Grants are awarded to cities, agencies, nonprofits, and others who are doing meaningful work for the benefit of…
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Go sports ball!
We are excited to announce the awardees of our latest round of youth sports grants!! Read the news release here. What are the youth sports grants, you ask? In an effort to remove barriers and disrupt the cost-prohibitive pay-to-play model, our grants are aimed at providing resources to government agencies and non-profit organizations to support…
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Shiny new fields coming to Petrovitsky Park
Just south of Renton near Lake Youngs is King County’s Petrovitsky Park, an 88-acre park with baseball and soccer fields, a playground, and picnic areas. Already known as a great park for baseball, Petro will no doubt soon gain attention for its brand-spanking-new synthetic turf fields. Back in 2008, the Kent Youth Soccer Association (KYSA)…
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Youth sports grants awarded to date
King County Parks has awarded 11 matching fund grants totaling nearly $500,000 from its Youth Sports Facility Grant program. The projects will help bring in more than $1.5 million for local parks and recreation projects. $10 million in grants have been awarded since the program started in 1993, creating more than 260 new or updated…
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Playground grant available from Playworld Systems
Attention Parks partners! This has got to be one of the happiest jobs on the planet: a playground equipment maker gets to give away grants for play structures. Now that’s something to run and jump about! Here’s the deal: According to their website, Playworld Systems, Inc is offering grants toward the purchase of an “Activo”…