Parks and Green Spaces Levy
Opportunity Fund

Next step for Opportunity Fund process.

We are pleased to announce that we have received more than 150 Proposal Letters. Congratulations on such an amazing turnout!

The next step is to develop your application which is due on April 2, 2010. (Sorry, we cannot accept applications unless we have received an initial proposal letter.) Parks staff will help project proponents with their application packages. If you would like to meet personally, please call or email one of the Opportunity Fund planners listed above.

The Opportunity Fund provides funding only for community initiated park development or property acquisition projects. Parks will award up to $7 million to projects in this first funding cycle of the Opportunity Fund. The Levy Citizens Oversight Committee has developed criteria for evaluating, nominating, and recommending a package of Opportunity Fund projects to the Mayor and City Council.

Opportunity Fund FAQs

• Frequently Asked Questions

Opportunity Fund Timeline

• January 2010 - Technical Assistance for Project Proposal Letters (see right sidebar for more information)



• February 1, 2010 - Project Proposal Letters Due



• March 2010 - March 2010 – Technical Assistance for Project Applications. Please contact Opportunity Fund staff.



• April 2, 2010 - Project Applications Due



• May 2010 - Presentations by Proponents to the Oversight Committee



• July 2010 - Public Hearing on Project Prioritization and Funding Recommendations



• September 2010 - Project Funding Recommendations to Mayor and City Council



• December 2010 - Targeted City Council Approval of Project Funding Recommendations



• January 2011 - Begin Project Implementation

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