Justice Patrick Venetz was recently notified by the Chief Administrative Judge for the Fifth Judicial District, Hon. James C. Tormey, that Webb Town Court has been awarded a $15,000 grant from the New York State Justice Courts Assistance Program (JCAP). Continue reading
Kate Reese, Herkimer County HealthNet’s Board President; Nick Rose, Central Adirondack Partnership (CAP-21), representing Town of Webb; Adam Hutchinson Executive Director, Herkimer County HealthNet; and Diana Haldenwang, Herkimer County HealthNet’s Board Vice President.
The Town of Webb was one of two municipalities selected by Herkimer County HealthNet’s Wellness Committee to receive funding for playground projects as part of the Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play in Herkimer County Grant.
The Town of Webb received the 2015 Creating Healthy Places Sub-Award. The Town is working on the McCauley Mountain Playground Project, budgeted for $7,093.
This project includes the installation of a boat playground structure and sturdy rustic swings at the McCauley Mountain Playground Complex. Continue reading
The Town of Webb has been awarded $9,749 from Herkimer County HealthNet to support additional enhancements and improvements to the TOBIE Trail.
These funds will be utilized to install trail posts and signage that will clearly delineate the TOBIE Trail as well as stops along the trail. Continue reading
This year, Governor Andrew Cuomo launched an initiative that he hopes will create a community driven approach to economic development that will also produce comprehensive and sustainable development in, what he calls, a holistic approach. Continue reading
Herkimer County was recently added to the list of counties eligible for federal assistance as a result of Hurricane Irene, and State Senator James L. Seward is reminding residents and businesses to apply in the wake of Irene and Lee.
“I encourage those who have suffered damage to apply with FEMA as soon as possible to begin the assistance process,” Seward said.
Residents and business owners who sustained losses can begin the process at www.Disaster
Assistance.gov or by calling 1-800-621-3362.
Seward also commended the announcement of an appliance grant program that will help cover the costs of replacing vital household appliances such as refrigerators, boilers washing machines and furnaces, damaged by the recent flooding.
“This rebate program will cover most if not all the costs of new equipment purchased helping people stay in their homes and return to life as usual as soon as possible,” he said.
The program will be administered by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Purchases must be for replacements that are not covered by insurance .
The grant program will continue until funding runs out.
During challenging economic times, not-for-profit organizations that provide vital community services, from education to health care, can find their resources stretched significantly.
In response to this, The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. is introducing a simplified mini-grant program.
The program is designed to help not-for-profits apply for funding of $20,000 or less that will be used for capacity-building purposes.
For this process, capacity building is defined as something that “improves organizational capacity and competence” which can include strengthening areas such as administrative systems, management, financial resources and governance.
The application for mini-grants is significantly shorter than the standard grant application.
Anyone Interested in more information on the mini-grant program can contact Foundation Senior Program Officer Jan Squadrito at (315) 735-8212 or: jsquadrito@foundationhoc.org.
The Adirondack Community Trust (ACT) in partnership with North Country Public Radio (NCPR) has received a $300,000 challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest in the future of NCPR’s ability to expand regional broadcast and digital news and information services with a special emphasis on creating the next generation of public media professionals.
With the required match, this project will bring $650,000 to $700,000 to the work of these organizations over the next three years.
The objective of the project, 21st Century Public Media on a Rural Map, is to make all NCPR platforms part of a single, integrated resource for the people of the Adirondack region—a resource that they can increasingly play a part in imagining and shaping.
As part of the challenge, this grant has to be matched with local dollars from local residents.
The funding is part of the Knight Community Information Challenge, which encourages community and place-based foundations to support news and information projects that inform and engage residents.
ACT and NCPR are two key organizations tying communities of the region together.
This partnership will take NCPR’s service to a new level by expanding its work on existing and emerging platforms and by deepening the integration of community participation in public media.
More residents will have access to information on a variety of platforms; they will participate in creating content and sharing information; young people will have an opportunity to work under the guidance of proven professionals to learn the skills of public media; and more people will connect with other residents of the region.
“With this Knight Foundation grant, ACT is making it possible for NCPR to do leading-edge work for our community. As an active collaborator on the project, ACT brings expertise, access to and input from people across the region, and a great reputation-contributions that are essential to the project’s success,” said Ellen Rocco, NCPR Station Manager.