BOISE – A dozen Boise neighborhoods will split nearly $400,000 as part of the neighborhood reinvestment grants program.
Boise Mayor Dave Bieter announced the recipients today at the Borah Community Garden.
The capital project grants are intended to fund physical improvements within neighborhoods to encourage a strong sense of community.
This year's projects range from - historic streetlights along Warm Springs Avenue - to commissioning artists to decorate traffic boxes in downtown Boise.
The Borah Community Garden was a capital grant project from last year. For those in the neighborhood, the garden has been a huge success.
“I can't thank the city enough for the program, for what you've done for our neighborhood,” said Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise. “It has transformed our neighborhood to have these amenities come to us. The leadership shown by the city is spectacular and something Boise can be proud of.
There were also an additional nine mini-grant projects.
Projects that received funding this year include:
- Somerset Park (Boise Heights Neighborhood Association) – Fund the first phase of development for the park by installing new infrastructure, turf and landscape. ($56,000)
- Central Rim Signage (Central Rim Neighborhood Association) – Purchase and install signs to identify the Central Rim neighborhood. ($3,100)
- Interurban Rail Station Signage (Collister Neighborhood Association) – Create new signage to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Boise’s Interurban Rail System. ($4,500)
- Traffic Control Box Art (Downtown Boise Neighborhood Association) – Commission artists to decorate traffic boxes in the downtown area. ($13,275)
- Warm Springs Historic Street Lights (East End Neighborhood Association) – Purchase and install ten additional historic streetlights along Warm Springs Avenue. Since 2006, the East End Neighborhood Association has used NRG funding to install 39 of 50 planned historic streetlights along the avenue, not including this year’s award. ($74,318)
- Comba Park Community Garden (West Valley Neighborhood Association) – Create a quarter-acre community garden with off-street parking within the planned Comba Park property. ($59,700)
- Peppermint Park Playground Equipment (Southwest Ada County Alliance) – Fund new playground equipment for 2- to 5-year-olds within Peppermint Park. ($65,000)
- Denmark, Chile/Sunrise Rim Sidewalks (Sunrise Rim Neighborhood Association) – Install new sidewalks on selected streets within the neighborhood. ($52,000)
- Interpretive Walking Trail Signs (Veterans Park Neighborhood Association) – Install 2.5 miles of historical and interpretive walking trails in the 30th Street Area. ($15,820)
