Mitchell County will receive $500,000, for the Mitchell County Recreation Complex, as part of $17 million in grants awarded from the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority approved the grants to 39 local parks and recreation projects across the state at its meeting held on August 26 at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh.
Local communities applied for the grants to fund land acquisition, development and renovation of public park and recreation areas. Each year, the Authority is required to allocate 30% of PARTF’s total funding to local government projects.
This year, $17.9 million was allocated to local projects. The N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund has now made more than 1,000 grants to build parks in communities across the state.
The Parks and Recreation Trust Fund is administered through the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation, which is part of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
