Broadview Farms Neighborhood Association

PCIP Neighborhood Grant Information

Grant Explained

The Pensacola Community Initiatives Partnership (PCIP) Grant is a matching grant of up to $10,000 available to neighborhood associations registered with the City of Pensacola. Funds can be used for various neighborhood initiatives, including beautification projects, signage, sidewalks or other improvements to public property. Funds can be matched by cash, in-kind contributions, volunteer labor or a combination of the three. Funds are allocated twice a year, usually in February and in August. Grant money is provided on a 2:1 basis (city provides twice as much as the neighborhood).

We are wanting to vote at the March meeting for the first year grant we want to request. We have had interest voiced in signage, landscaping, and street lamps on Langley.

Eligible & Ineligible Grant Uses

PCIP Eligible Expenses

General Ledger landscaping not associated with sign neighborhood trees Public safety projects neighborhood parent patrols family safety training senior citizen home safety programs drug prevention programs fire prevention programs Cultural, educational, and recreational initiatives cultural exhibit areas youth and/or family literacy programs neighborhood computer labs after school enrichment programs neighborhood music, dance or art training programs.

L.O.S.T. Entrance signs Sidewalks Street lighting Landscaping associated with entrance signs Irrigation Gazebo minor park improvements benches sidewalk repair/construction neighborhood entrance improvements neighborhood identification signs park or street lighting

Ineligible
PCIP funds are not intended to pay for maintenance or repair of existing physical improvements in a neighborhood, including, but not limited to:?  streets, fences, irrigation systems, storm water retention facilities, and entrance signs.?  Total replacement or rehabilitation of some existing physical improvements may be deemed eligible, based on the individual circumstances and judged case-by-case.?  Projects located on private property are not encouraged, and may not be deemed eligible, based on individual circumstances and judged case-by-case.

Grant Approval/Volunteer Hours

Neighborhood Grant Application - Now that our Grant was approved Volunteer hours need to be started. We must submit monthly hours to the City of Pensacola Neighborhood and Economic Development office. We are required to provide 415 documented volunteer labor hours towards construction and completion of our project (neighborhood sign). The type of volunteer hours that need to be completed are Ground Prep, Plants installed, Watering, Weeding, Median rehab, and Litter pick-up. Some of the Volunteer hours we will be coordinating as a group effort, but remember if you are out and about in the neighborhood and you do any of the following listed above to fill out a Volunteer Hour form and submit to Joe Flynn, Treasurer.