With a grant from our Durham Community Engagement team, Scattered Sites, a small community in East Durham for senior residents, residents planted four micro gardens. They learned how to care for their plants and took home gardening tools. They're even already planning their fall planting!

Fall 2019 Neighborhood Matching Grant Winner's - Burch Ave

The residents in Burch Avenue collaborated together to apply for the 2019 Neighborhood Matching Grant. After a competitive process, they were awarded one of many grants throughout the City of Durham. Over 40 community members gathered early Saturday morning to begin preparing this intersection for some afternoon painting. A pot luck celebration was thrown shortly after the last stroke of the paint brushes. What an awesome way to bring some color and personality into your very own neighborhood. If you're interested in applying for one of our Neighborhood Matching Grants, please contact us for more information.

Eight Durham neighborhood groups will soon embark on improvement projects thanks to funds received through a City of Durham matching grant program.

The City’s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department has awarded eight grants through its Neighborhood Matching Grants Program, which provides grants up to $2,500 to neighborhood associations, homeowner associations, community watch groups, and resident groups for projects that benefit a neighborhood’s quality of life. Neighborhoods match City funds through volunteer labor, professional services, material donations, and/or cash.

DURHAM, N.C. – Four Durham neighborhood groups will soon embark on improvement projects thanks to funds received through a new City of Durham grant program.

The City’s Neighborhood Improvement Services Department has awarded four grants through its new Neighborhood Matching Grants Program, which provides grants up to $2,500 to neighborhood associations, homeowner associations, community watch groups, and resident groups for projects that benefit a neighborhood’s quality of life. Neighborhoods match City funds through volunteer labor, professional services, material donations, and/or cash.

Of the 13 neighborhood groups that applied during the first application session held earlier this summer, four neighborhoods won grants for the following projects: