Applications Being Accepted for OCR’s 2008
Neighborhood Partnership Grant (NPG) Program

For immediate release: February 19, 2008
Contact: Chrystal Mathews, Senior Planner (561) 233-5565 - cmathews@pbcgov.com

Grants of up to $20,000 are available to informal neighborhood and business associations for improvement projects in unincorporated Palm Beach County. The Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) will host workshops on March 19, 20, 26 and 27 at four locations around Palm Beach County (locations listed below).

This is the eighth year OCR has issued neighborhood partnership grants. Examples of how these funds can be used include recreational improvements, entryways, street sign toppers, right-of-way landscaping, exterior painting, tree planting, fencing and art murals.

The deadline for filing an application is June 20, 2008. Application packets are available at the Vista Center, located at 2300 North Jog Road, West Palm Beach and may be downloaded starting February 18, 2008 from the OCR Web site at http://www.pbcgov.com/ocr.

Potential applicants must submit a letter of intent by April 28, 2008 and attend one of the four application workshops to review the application criteria and grant guidelines.

All meetings are from 6 to 8 p.m.

March 19, 2008: South County - PBC Southeast Administrative Complex
345 South Congress Ave., Room 108, Delray Beach

March 21, 2008: Glades Region – Belle Glade City Hall, Commission Chambers
110 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Belle Glade

March 26, 2008: Central County – Vista Center
2300 North Jog Road, West Palm Beach

March 27, 2008: North County - West Jupiter Recreation Center
6415 Indiantown Rd., Jupiter