The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government is seeking applications for its Neighborhood Grants to provide funding for projects such as rain gardens, rain barrels, aeration systems for retention ponds, stream bank restoration, neighborhood workshops and other projects that help improve or manage stormwater through education and/or physical improvements.
Donor Name: Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
State: Kentucky
County: Fayette County (KY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/05/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $120,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
Goal
The main goal of the Incentive Grant Program is the improvement of surface water quality in Fayette County. To accomplish this goal, the program provides financial assistance for projects that meet the following objectives:
- Improve water quality in their impaired streams through pollutant reduction or other means;
- Address stormwater concerns on existing, developing, or redeveloping parcels;
- Reduce stormwater runoff and flooding; or
- Provide public or private education related to these items.
Funding Information
- Projects may be funded up to $120,000 with a required 20% cost share of total project cost in cash or in-kind donation.
- Grant period: July 1, 2023– June 30, 2024.
Eligible Projects
- Projects must fulfill at least one of the following goals:
- Install a feature that serves to improve water quality;
- Involve citizens in activities to improve water quality, reduce water pollution etc.;
- Educate citizens about water quality and stormwater-related issues;
- Install a feature that serves to reduce stormwater runoff.
- Innovative project ideas are encouraged. Potential project ideas include, but are not limited to:
- Storm drain marking;
- Stream cleaning;
- Planting of trees along a stream;
- Fencing off creeks in agricultural areas;
- Tree canopy establishment / expansion
- Installation of rain barrels at neighborhood homes;
- Installation of a local rain garden;
- Neighborhood targeted seminar and/or brochures on how to reduce stormwater pollution, such as proper use of lawn chemicals, etc.;
- Retention pond enhancement for water quality.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses must be project-specific invoiced or cash expenditures. Examples include:
- Materials and Supplies
- Rental Equipment
- Consulting Fees
- Construction Costs
- Teacher Stipends
- Permitting Fees.
Eligibility Criteria
Open to Fayette County neighborhood, community and homeowner associations incorporated with the Commonwealth of Kentucky that represent single family homeowners or farms who pay the Water Quality Management Fee.
Eligibility Requirements
- All Fayette County neighborhood, community, and homeowner associations that are incorporated with the Commonwealth of Kentucky and have a roster of elected officers are eligible to apply.
- An eligible organization must represent a group of residential property owners who pay the WQMF as “Class A” fee payers. Class A parcels include all single-family and duplex residential properties and all farm properties. All other parcel types are classified as “Class B” and are not eligible for this grant.
- In some cases, an organization may also be a Class B fee payer (e.g., owns a clubhouse that receives its own bill, etc.).
For more information, visit Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.