Roy Cooper announced yesterday the N.C. Parks and Recreation Trust Fund will award over $17 million in grants to fund 39 local parks and recreation projects across the state. The North Carolina Parks and Recreation Authority approved the grants at its meeting held on August 26th at the Nature Research Center in Raleigh. Local communities applied for the grants to fund land acquisition, development and renovation of public park and recreation areas. Each year, the Authority is required to allocate 30% of PARTF’s total funding to local government projects.
