Hello Circuit Coalition Members,
We would like to inform you about some recent Circuit Coalition news, including several funding opportunities, the continuation of our Circuit Commitment Campaign, and the addition of two new members to the Circuit Coalition.
Funding Opportunities
· American Trails is also holding a webinar on trail fundraising on
· Delaware Valley Regional Planning
Commission announced that PA's
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) will be opened from February
3, 2014 until April 3, 2014. TAP grants may be used for bicycle
and pedestrian facilities, conversion of abandoned railway corridors to trails,
and stormwater
management projects. A TAP information session will be
held at
·
DNCR's Bureau of Recreation and
Conservation has announced that the Community Conservation Partnerships
Program 2014 Open Grant Application Period will be running
from January 15th, 2014 to April 16th, 2014. A free
workshop for this grant will be held on
Circuit Commitment Campaign Update
Over the past several months, members of the Circuit Coalition have been meeting with county commissioners and freeholders to gage support for replenishing the Regional Trail Fund with $10 Million over a three year period. We hope that in the next few weeks that we can report on the outcome of those meetings and what kind of proposal will be considered by the DVRPC Board. In the meantime, we need to continue to build up support from our constituents.
As part of the Circuit Commitment Campaign, I am happy to report that we have received copies of the following municipal resolutions in support of DVRPC funding a dedicated trail fund:
o Jenkintown & Cheltenham (Montco)
o
o Radnor & Haverford (Delco)
o Wenonah & Pitman (
· At this time, we need more letters
of support flowing into
· The postcard and petition campaign has generated over 2000 names. We would like to continue to increase that list by adding signatures to the Connect theCircuit Petition. Please continue to circulate the petition among your members and networks.
· Attached is the latest version of the one-pager that we are using to explain the Circuit Commitment campaign. Feel free to share it with your networks.
Newest Members of the Circuit Coalition
We would like to welcome our newest member organizations, D&R Greenway
Land Trust and the Friends of the Chester Valley Trail.
D&R Greenway Land Trust is central New
Jersey's nonprofit land preservation organization, tasked with permanently preserve watershed lands and large-scale landscapes, thereby
preventing the loss of open space development over 1500 square miles in Mercer, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, Burlington, and Monmouth
counties. FCVT assists the
Semi-Annual Meetings 2014
Lastly, the dates for our 2014 semi-annual meetings have been set. The Spring meeting will take place on May 15th, and the Fall meeting will take place on November 20th at DVRPC's offices. Exact time to come, but please pencil these dates on your calendars.
For those of you who are interested, I am also attaching a list of all organizations who are members of the Circuit.
Thank you,
Sarah