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Strengthening Grant Management for Recreational Improvements

Improve Community Assets
Support Local Decision-Making
Capacity Building
Organization: Village of Millerton
Grant: $23,557
Grant Year: 2025
County: Dutchess
State: NY

FCH made a grant to the Village of Millerton to support the hiring of a grants manager to steward significant state funding and build capacity to hand sizable grants going forward.

The volunteer-led committee that worked to revitalize Eddie Collins Memorial Park in Millerton, NY raised over $9 million in donations and grants to embark on the final phase of the restoration, bringing a public pool back to the park. Due to the scale and nature of the project and funds, the Village required a grants manager to follow the requirements and compliances of the grants. The scope of the contracted position included generating policies and procedures around stewarding large grants, allowing the municipality to navigate future funding of this nature.