{"id":13226,"date":"2024-09-06T17:50:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=13226"},"modified":"2024-09-06T17:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T17:51:35","slug":"11-durham-groups-selected-for-community-engagement-mini-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/09\/06\/11-durham-groups-selected-for-community-engagement-mini-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Durham groups selected for community engagement mini-grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eleven Durham groups have been selected to receive community engagement mini-grants, the city&#8217;s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The funding will help implement projects that address community needs such as food insecurity, youth engagement and environmental sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The city received a record number of applications this year, nearly doubling the number from last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The full list of recipients is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cornwallis Community: &#8220;Food Shuttle Initiative&#8221; to address food insecurity by providing foldable carts and healthy meal education.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">East Durham Senior Citizens at Holton: &#8220;Lunch and Learn&#8221; workshops on property tax guidance and legal advice for seniors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Grant Street Community: &#8220;National Night Out&#8221; to engage residents in a fun, safe space and provide community updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Greens of Pine Glen: &#8220;Community Craft Workshop&#8221; teaching participants to create custom party favors, exploring cultural pride and entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McDougald Terrace: Art projects and safe spaces to address gun violence, culminating in a community performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Pointes at Downtown Crossing: Youth engagement center and support services, concluding with a holiday celebration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rainbow Collective for Change: &#8220;BIPOC Rainbow Family Play Date&#8221; providing space for LGBTQIA+ families of color to connect.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Respuesta R\u00e1pida: Recycling workshops to educate residents on environmental responsibility and reduce waste.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scattered Sites: Garden box expansion project focussed on seniors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thomas Mentor Leadership Academy: STEM project engaging young men in robotics to foster technical skills and teamwork.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unity Village: &#8220;National Night Out&#8221; block party.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information about the grant program is available on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamcommunityengagement.org\/minigrants\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the city&#8217;s community engagement website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Articles in The 10th Street Journal are generated by AI and reviewed by human editors.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven Durham groups have been selected to receive community engagement mini-grants, the city&#8217;s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/09\/06\/11-durham-groups-selected-for-community-engagement-mini-grants\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-13226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-10th-street-journal","tag-the-10th-street-journal","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 Durham groups selected for community engagement mini-grants - 9th Street Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/09\/06\/11-durham-groups-selected-for-community-engagement-mini-grants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"11 Durham groups selected for community engagement mini-grants - 9th Street Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eleven Durham groups have been selected to receive community engagement mini-grants, the city&#039;s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department announced. 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