{"id":175882,"date":"2019-07-17T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=175882"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T15:24:55","slug":"jamestown-parks-rec-receives-aarp-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=175882","title":{"rendered":"Jamestown Parks &#038; Rec receives AARP grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown, Forman, &amp; West Fargo were awarded a 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/livable-communities\/about\/info-2017\/aarp-community-challenge.html\">AARP Community Challenge<\/a> grant. A total of nearly $1.6 million will be distributed to fund 159 \u201cquick action\u201d projects across the country, helping communities make immediate improvements and jumpstart long-term progress to support residents of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 1,661 applications, including 27 from North Dakota, were received from non-profits and government entities for the program, now in its third year. North Dakota grants were awarded as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jamestown Parks and Recreation Department ($3,000) to fund a pop-up demonstration bike path as part of Walk\/Bike 2019! and to gauge public support for a permanent multi-use path.<\/li>\n<li>City of Forman ($1,700) to help create a public green space on a vacant lot on the city\u2019s Main Street.<\/li>\n<li>City of West Fargo ($10,900) to install an assortment of games in the new city-owned, downtown plaza along Sheyenne Street to foster social connections among people of all ages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each of the projects is designed to achieve one or more of the following outcomes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create vibrant public places that improve open spaces, parks and access to other amenities.<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate the tangible value of \u201cSmart Cities\u201d by engaging residents and policymakers in accessing, understanding and using data to increase quality of life for all.<\/li>\n<li>Deliver a range of transportation and mobility options that increase connectivity, walkability, bikeability, wayfinding, access to transportation options and roadway improvements.<\/li>\n<li>Support the availability of a range of housing that increases accessible and affordable housing options.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full list of grantees can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarp.org\/communitychallenge\">www.aarp.org\/communitychallenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamestown, Forman, &amp; West Fargo were awarded a 2019 AARP Community Challenge grant. A total of nearly $1.6 million will be distributed to fund 159 \u201cquick action\u201d projects across the country, helping communities make immediate improvements and jumpstart long-term progress to support residents of all ages. A total of 1,661 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jamestown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175882"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175885,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175882\/revisions\/175885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}