Omaha’s 2021 Neighborhood Grants Announced
In an effort create and expand pandemic recovery projects, 17 community and neighborhood organizations will receive neighborhood grants totaling $52,722 from the City of Omaha.
Mayor Jean Stothert announced her administration’s 2021 pandemic recovery checklist in January, and it included providing grant funds to address pandemic-related needs, according to a news release from the Mayor’s Office.
“This grants program gives neighborhoods the opportunity to create programs that specifically address the needs of their neighbors, and this year, pandemic recovery is their priority,” Stothert said. “A successful recovery will take us all working together.”
Neighborhood grants are awarded each spring with the exception of 2020, when it was suspended due to the pandemic. A second batch of grants will be distributed this year to fund other neighborhood improvements.
The grant recipients are:
• City Sprouts — $5,000: Urban food protection
• The Union for Contemporary Arts — $5,000: Drive-thru food pantry and information on resources to provide additional food and rent assistance
• Global Leadership Group — $4,800: Community garden
• Society of St. Vincent de Paul — $4,998: Sack lunch program Holy Family Community Center Outreach
• Dundee Memorial Park Neighborhood Association — $2,081” Garden to Table Dundee Neighborhood Gardening
• Heart Ministry Center— $5,000: Food pantry
• Western Hills Neighborhood Association — $4,939: Backpack food program
• Benson First Friday — $3,300: COVID-19 Public Safety Initiatives including personal protective equipment for volunteers and barricades and cones for a safe and socially distanced traffic plan
• Joslyn Castle Neighborhood Association — $1,407: Free pantry for distribution of personal protective equipment for volunteers and barricades and cones for a safe and socially distanced traffic plan
• Quarters Neighborhood Association — $1,750: Vaccine awareness campaign
• North 24th Street Business Improvement District — $5,000: COVID-19 public service announcement
• Omaha Permaculture — $2,990: Urban Roots Community Garden
• Field Club Homeowners League — $4,565: Neighborhood market
• Neighborhood Action and Fact — $2,000: Personal protective equipment and educational materials for a community block party
• Peony Park Neighborhood Association — $695: Food pantry
• Sunny Slope/Sunny View Neighborhood Association — $3,247: Socially distanced outdoor family movie events
• Benson Neighborhood Association — $950: Pamphlets, promotion and signage for self-guided tours of historic downtown Benson to bring people back to the area.
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