The Boone County Fiscal Court has approved the awarding of a bid to a company to provide bins for its recycling efforts. Bids were received on Aug. 9, and Pro-Tainer, Inc. submitted the sole bid of $52,998, Boone County Assistant County Administrator/County Engineer Rob Franxman said, adding the approved recycling grant was $54,270. “During preparation […]
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Florence grant program to pay up to $40k for demolition of blighted property
No one wants to live next to an empty or abandoned building, Florence City Councilman Mel Carroll said. A new grant program is intended to help address abandoned and blighted real estate through the facilitation of demolition for redevelopment purposes. “We have, from time to time, throughout the city, abandoned buildings and structures,” Carroll said. […]
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Campbell County School District to apply for grants totaling $1.8 million
The Campbell County School District is looking to apply for three grants that will bring in $1.8 million to the district over three years. The grants are the Kentucky Department of Education Stronger Connections Grant, the Bureau of Justice Stop School Violence Grant, and the Office of Community Oriented Police Services Cops Grant. “A lot […]
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Grants given to NKY cities for infrastructure improvement
Some Northern Kentucky cities recently received grants to help fund various programs and services intended to reduce liability and make the community safer. These grants, known as Liability Grants, were presented by the Kentucky League of Cities and will be utilized in different ways by each city. Union will be using their money to repair […]
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Duke Energy gives $150K to local STEM programs
Three organizations in Northern Kentucky are receiving a combined $45,000 for STEM and environmental education from the Duke Energy Foundation.Â
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$6,100 Grant Supports Northern Kentucky’s At-Risk Population
Through its quarterly speed philanthropy meeting, Give Where You Live NKY has granted $6,100 to support the Life Learning Center in Covington. Give Where You Live NKY giving circle members gathered to grant $6,100 to Life Learning Center at their quarterly, speed philanthropy meeting. This grant concludes a year of quarterly meetings for the giving […]
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Governor Beshear Presents $500K to Wilder, Dayton, Covington and Bromley
Gov. Andy Beshear stops for a photo with two attendees at a press conference where he announced that four NKY cities would be receiving funding for parks. (Location: New Riff Distillery West Campus) By Jessie Eden Gov. Andy Beshear was in Newport on Monday to award nearly $500,000 in grant funding to four Northern Kentucky […]
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Green Grants Available & Some Possible Uses
This past week the state of Kentucky received another $26 million in energy grants from the Department of Energy, bringing the grand total of funds received from the State Energy Program of the recent stimulus plan to $52 million. The state has commented that they plan to use these funds to retrofit schools and public […]
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Stimulus Funds Flowing to Fort Thomas & Campbell County
There is a new website – Recovery.gov – that provides details on where stimulus money is flowing across the country. The site breaks out contracts, grants, and loans and provides some high level information about what the award is for and who it is flowing to. The map shows that a contract was awarded by […]
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More Grant Money Coming to Fort Thomas
I have mentioned on this site more than a few times about the availability of and need to apply for grant money from both the state and federal level. From a news story from 2 days ago we learn of a great success in landing this money and this time from the Fort Thomas Fire […]