Three Gardiner organizations seek federal grants from Community Project Funding
In a return to congressional earmarks, Johnson Hall, the Boys & Girls Clubs and the Cobbossee Trail Committee collaborate to secure $1 million in federal funding for their projects in Gardiner.
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Ellen Karlberg, left, speaks during an interview Oct. 22, 2019, at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley in Gardiner, as Emma Roberts, center, and Juliana Montell listen.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal file
GARDINER Three organizations in Gardiner are collaborating in an effort to secure federal funding to advance their projects.
The Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley and the Cobbossee Trail Committee are expected to submit an application by Wednesday for $1 million from the Community Project Funding program. They are making the application through the office of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District.
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Fuller’s gift transformative for Cony students
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I am responding to the Feb. 28 letter from Michael Garguilo of Waterville regarding the turf field project in Augusta (“People are hungry; Cony turf should wait“). Mr. Garguilo questioned why the Augusta School District is spending $2.6 million on turf fields vs. laying off cafeteria staff.
The two items referenced have no correlation. School expenses are appropriated through the school budget process, funded by Augusta taxpayers. Unlike recent turf projects completed or underway (Messalonskee, Gardiner and Bangor), the Augusta turf field project has no municipal funding.
The disappointment among student-athletes, their families, and the entire community when the project was put on hold last year was distressing. I can’t begin to describe the feeling of euphoria that Bob Fuller’s transformative gift created, particularly among the student-athletes who lost so much over the past year.