The City of Covington recently granted funds to seven neighborhood groups for various community improvement projects throughout the city, according to a recent press release from the city.
The grants were part of Covington’s Neighborhood Grant Program, and total funding for the different projects clocked in at $56,147.
“Individual grants ranged from $2,500 to $10,000 and were awarded to neighborhood associations and groups of residents for projects that improve their surroundings. (Businesses, individuals, schools, and religious organizations are not eligible),” stated the press release.
The following groups and projects were awarded grant funding:
- Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association–$10,000 to refurbish four existing gateway signs and add an additional sign
- Residents of Lewisburg–$3,580.73 for the installation of double-sided pole-mounted banners for gateway and community markers
- Latonia–$7,500 for a block party and planters
- Residents of MainStrasse Association–$2,500 for flowerpots and tree fences
- Wallace Woods Neighborhood Association–$10,000 for street markings and welcome banners
- Residents of Westside–$5,565.38 for flower planting, adopt-a-pot, landscaping enhancements and dog waste stations
- Mutter Gottes Neighborhood Association–$8,000 for Great American Cleanup plants, electrical service for outside events, crosswalk painting and other sidewalk improvements and a marker for historical Mutter Gottes Cemetery
