{"id":1317169,"date":"2019-12-08T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T20:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=991481"},"modified":"2019-12-08T13:36:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T20:36:30","slug":"new-castle-awards-thousands-in-grant-dollars-to-local-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/new-castle-awards-thousands-in-grant-dollars-to-local-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Castle awards thousands in grant dollars to local nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volunteers sort through tables full of donated clothing at the River Center in New Castle during its clothing distribution drive. The town awarded the nonprofit organization $11,000 in grant funding. <\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

The town of New Castle recently awarded over $22,000 worth of grant funding to 12 local organizations.<\/p>\n

Town Administrator David Reynolds said the town budgeted $26,000 for grants in 2020 with the first round being awarded at Tuesday night\u2019s council meeting.<\/p>\n

Councilors largely followed city staff\u2019s grant recommendations by allocating $22,450 to organizations ranging from the River Center in New Castle to the Rifle Animal Shelter.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year when we do this I feel really bad that we can\u2019t put more money into this,\u201d Councilor Bruce Leland said. \u201cThere are groups here that do really important work for us that we couldn\u2019t do ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The River Center was awarded the majority of grant funds in the amount of $11,000. The nonprofit organization hosts several community outreach efforts including Meal Monkey, which provides 85-90 sack lunches to children in New Castle and Silt weekly.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the River Center collected over 1,200 pounds of winter clothing that was distributed earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Commending the local nonprofit\u2019s dedication to the community since 2010, New Castle Mayor Art Riddile had no problem honoring the River Center\u2019s full grant request.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe River Center is an incredible organization that does so much for the town of New Castle,\u201d Riddile said. \u201cI have no problem with $11,000 going to the River Center.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the River Center, councilors agreed to fund Talbott Enterprises\u2019 full $3,000 grant request.<\/p>\n

Talbot Enterprises has hosted a family-friendly, Fourth of July celebration for the last 44 years in Apple Tree Park in New Castle. The $3,000 grant will help offset the cost of the 2020 fireworks display.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe require follow-up reporting,\u201d Reynolds said of the grant recipients. \u201cSo we\u2019re not just putting money out there without some sort of report back.\u201d<\/p>\n

While council largely agreed with the grant recommendations put forth by staff, Councilor Graham Riddile advocated for more grant dollars going toward River Bridge, which provides collaborative services to child abuse victims in a supportive environment.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit organization requested $2,000 and staff had recommended awarding $500.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they do, I think it\u2019s something that people don\u2019t talk about,\u201d Graham Riddile said. \u201cIt clearly is an issue that they\u2019re addressing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agreeing with Riddile, council decided to award River Bridge their full $2,000 grant request.<\/p>\n

Having allocated $22,450 during its first grant cycle, council will have $3,550 left to award in summer 2020.<\/p>\n

Complete Grant Recipient List<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advocate Safehouse $500<\/p>\n

Alpine Legal Services $500<\/p>\n

Community Counts $150<\/p>\n

High Country RSVP $350<\/p>\n

Rifle Animal Shelter $1,500<\/p>\n

River Bridge $2,000<\/p>\n

River Center $11,000<\/p>\n

Talbott Enterprises, Inc. $3,000<\/p>\n

West Elk Trails, Inc. $250<\/p>\n

Western Slope Veterans Coalition $500<\/p>\n

YouthZone $2,500<\/p>\n

Spellebration $200<\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volunteers sort through tables full of donated clothing at the River Center in New Castle during its clothing distribution drive. The town awarded the nonprofit organization $11,000 in grant funding. Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent The town of New Castle recently awarded over $22,000 worth of grant funding to 12 local organizations. Town Administrator David […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1317169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 10:10:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1317169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1317169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1317169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}