Kid City is looking to create a community space would nearly double Kid City’s usable program space for 8-10 months of the year. High school students will have safe, shady outdoor areas where they can gather to connect to peers and mentors. A beautiful, cool, outdoor space will support mentor-scholar meetings, staff-student consultations, parent or student events, friendly hang-outs, study groups, small fundraisers and other community events.
Junior League of the Shoals seeks to create an outdoor learning center in this space. The project requires landscape and item removal before new landscaping and ground cover can be installed. The project plan includes planting Emerald Arborivate, or a hedge type plant, around the perimeter of the area to provide a sound barrier from the traffic and installing astro turf surfacing. The completed center would include playground equipment, as well.
The mission of Jubilee REACH is to bring healing, build community and transform the lives of the students and families in Bellevue. Its four pillars are: the public schools, the organization's community center, its thrift store and community-building events. This project will address safety issues with its existing playground and provide enhancements.
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services would like to complete its Mala O Kaluaopalena Community Garden project to create an outdoor classroom space, outhouse, and 10 raised garden beds to support hands-on garden activities, cultural programming and health education for Pacific Islander youth, families and patients.
Life Pointe Ministries, which provides support to the homeless population in its community, seeks to repair or replace the organization's roof, ceiling and air conditioners, as well ensure its bathrooms are handicap accessible. The organization would also like to upgrade its kitchen space to be able to provide additional meals to those in need.
The Greensboro Science Center hopes renovations will improve guest experiences and on-site animal welfare. The project includes replacing and staining rotting boards in most of its viewports, replacing and staining the facade of its hornbill exhibit, improving areas for tortoise and crocodile displays and building a small, open-air shade canopy.
Guadalupe River Park Conservancy plans to redesign and restructure both visitor and volunteer experiences, including adding flexible seating and frontdesk furniture, shelving and signage to share park information, updates to lighting and electrical needs, improvements around storage and sanitation for volunteers.
Harbor House is a 68-bed shelter facility that houses victims of domestic abuse. The organization seeks to create a separate space for sexual assault advocacy and victim services. While there is much overlap with domestic violence and sexual assault, it is not always connected. Keeping these two programs separate but under the same roof is crucial to serving victims at every level of their individual needs.
The Harry R. Bartlett American Legion Post 89 has renovation plans that include removing and replacing windows, replacing a 50-plus year old gas stove and exhaust hood and modernizing the kitchen so it can continue hosting community events.
Helen Keller Public Library needs to remove and replace flooring in the meeting room area of the Public Library.