This grant will enable the organization to complete the renovation project started in 2014 by fixing up the bathrooms and making both handicapped accessible.

This grant will be used towards the state Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation matching challenge grant for the unique Teen Play Space at Recreation Park on the shores of Lake Neatahwanta.

Funds will be used to complete Phase 2 improvements of the Rehabilitating Recreation Park project. Phase 2 improvements include restoration of the picnic shelter (pavilion) at Recreation Park.

Oswego County Community Foundation: This was a matching grant over two years. The first payment of $50,000 was made in 2014, the second payment of $50,000 was made in March of 2015. These funds will help grow the endowment of the Oswego County Community Foundation which, in turn, will allow the Oswego County Community Foundation to meet the changing needs of the community.

SUNY Oswego Metro Center Satellite Studio: The funds from this grant will help in the creation of a downtown Syracuse studio to be used for news and public affairs program production, training opportunities for SUNY Oswego media students, and occasional live radio broadcasts. 

Kid Haven Clubhouse Renovation: The renovation will replace the foot, strengthen and repair the foundation and general structure and includes a much needed addition, modernizes the snack bar and bathrooms and makes the building wheelchair accessbile. 

Oswego County Community Foundation: matching grant over two years for new funds contributed to the newly formed Oswego County Community Foundation. The first payment of $50,000 was made in 2014. These funds will help grow the endowment of the Oswego County Community Foundation which, in turn, will allow the Oswego County Community Foundation to meet the changing needs of the community.

Oswego Little League offers students from a wide range of ages to participate and grow as players and community members. The funds from this grant will be used to build batting cages in the Fort Ontario complex for players to work on their batting skills.

Funds will be used for addition of drainage ditches/ swales and tile work at two farm sites. The project will allow more acreage to be planted which will in turn provide more produce to food banks, homeless shelters and needy individuals throughout Central New York.

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