NEWS RELEASE:
The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District’s (Garrison Diversion) Recreation Committee awarded matching recreation grants to 23 projects, totaling $657,865.
“Our requests for the spring funding session were at an all-time high, and we were able to provide grant funds to a large number of deserving projects both big and small,” says committee chairman Larry Kassian. “Garrison Diversion is thrilled to give back to our member counties and help build recreation projects that will reach thousands of people across North Dakota.”
The following counties received Matching Recreation Grant funds in the spring of 2024:
• Barnes County –$50,000 to Valley City Parks & Recreation to update the Valley City Park Playground
• Bottineau County – $50,000 to Bottineau County for a snow system at Bottineau Winter Park; $31,141 to the City of Maxbass for the Maxbass Community Park
• Burleigh County – $50,000 to Bismarck Parks & Recreation District to develop the Municipal Ballpark Master Plan
• Cass County – $50,000 to the Fargo Park District to develop the Rheault Farm Playground
• Dickey County – $34,996 to the Dickey County Fair Board to develop the Dickey County Community Recreation facility
• Grand Forks County – $50,000 to the Grand Forks Park District to develop the Grand Valley Development Park Playground
• LaMoure County – $9,068 to the Marion Park Board to install an ADA bathroom at the Marion Community Park; $3,500 to LaMoure County to install a vault toilet at Twin Lakes
• McHenry County – $9,071 to the Anamoose Park Board to install new swingsets
• McLean County – $2,356 to the Turtle Lake Park District for new picnic tables at Lake Brekken; $875 to McLean County for the Sportsmens Centennial Park vault toilet project
• Renville County – $37,500 to the Mohall Park District for the Mohall Adult Recreation Complex
• Sargent County – $10,500 to the City of Gwinner to develop Hero’s Park
• Stutsman County – $50,000 to the Medina City Park for a new community recreation center; $50,000 to the Jamestown Parks & Recreation District for an All Abilities Playground at Nickeus Park
• Traill County – $15,923 for the City of Reynolds to install a new park gazebo
• Ward County – $50,000 to the ND State Fair Association for new equipment at the West Park Playground; $10,875 to the Surrey Park District for a pickleball court at Pony Tracks Park
• Wells County – $9,372 to Wells County for the addition of a comfort station at the Manfred Park
• Williams County – $50,000 to the Williston Parks & Recreation District for Phase 3 of the Coyote Clay Target Range; $5,000 to the Sunset Park District for a Pre-K playground at Grenora Park; $27,688 to the Williston Parks & Recreation District to enhance the existing frisbee golf course and update the bathrooms at Spring Lake Park