Types of Grants -- Accomplishments -- Grant Awards

Three types of grants have been available through the UPARR program:

• Rehabilitation grants- provide capital funding to renovate or redesign existing close-to-home recreation facilities.
• Innovation grants-usually involve more modest amounts of funding aimed to support specific activities that either increase recreation programs or improve the efficiency of the local government to operate existing programs.
• Planning grants-provided funds for the development of a Recovery Action Program plan.

To be eligible for Rehabilitation or Innovation grants a jurisdiction is required to maintain a current Recovery Action Program plan approved by the National Park Service. The Recovery Action Plan serves both as a guide to local action planning and as a statement of a community's commitment to the revitalization goals of the UPARR program.

Accomplishments

From 1978 through 2002 the UPARR program awarded nearly $272 million for 1,461 grants to 380 local jurisdictions in 43 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. UPARR grants provided recreation opportunities for all ages, all ethnic groups, people with and without disabilities, senior citizens to at-risk youth, latchkey children, and young adults.

• Rehabilitation - 714 grants
• Innovation - 191 grants
• Planning - 556 grants

Types of recreation facilities rehabilitated through the UPARR program include:

Many non-recreation facilities were converted into recreation centers and put to better use. Examples of conversion projects:

• An a bandoned coal bunker - Jersey City, NJ
• A parking garage- Wilmington, DE
• An old fire house - Portland, OR and Somerville, MA
• National guard armories- Chicago, IL and Mohawk, NY
• A shopping center sidewalk- Pascagoula, MS (converted into a fitness course for senior citizens)

Recreation sites rehabilitated through the UPARR program are protected under Section 1010 of the Urban Park and Recreation Recovery Act of 1978, as amended, Public Law 95-625.

FISCAL YEAR	AMOUNT ($ in millions)
1979	$19.2
1980	$62.2
1981	$62.4
1982	$7.6
1983	$40
1984	$6.7
1985-1990	$-0-
1991	$19.9
1992	$4.9
1993	$-0-
1994	$5
1995*	$7.5
2000	$2.0
2001	$28.9
2002	$28.9

*FY 1995 UPARR appropriation was rescinded in July 1995.

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Grant Awards

In FY 2002, the National Park Service awarded $28.9 million in UPARR grant monies to 71 cities and counties across the nation. 191 proposals were received from local governments across the nation requesting $78.1 million. The following is a list of grant offers:

City	State	Award $
Huntsville	AL	$214,474.00
Little Rock	AR	$543,400.00
Concord	CA	$156,634.00
East Palo Alto	CA	$300,000.00
Fresno	CA	$285,073.00
Indio	CA	$42,500.00
Inglewood	CA	$89,250.00
Long Beach	CA	$907,675.00
Oakland	CA	$482,800.00
San Francisco	CA	$773,150.00
San Joaquin County	CA	$160,790.00
Stockton	CA	$1,000,000.00
Turlock	CA	$119,068.50
Denver	CO	$235,000.00
Bridgeport	CT	$348,993.00
New Britain	CT	$355,000.00
New Haven	CT	$365,000.00
Miami Beach	FL	$112,195.00
Tampa	FL	$994,980.00
Atlanta	GA	$826,000.00
Chicago	IL	$1,000,000.00
Fort Wayne	IN	$103,256.00
Indianapolis	IN	$507,500.00
Kansas City	KS	$238,875.00
Louisville	KY	$700,000.00
Monroe	LA	$501,496.00
Boston	MA	$1,000,000.00
Springfield	MA	$300,000.00
Baltimore	MD	$1,000,000.00
Lewiston	ME	$46,667.00
Portland	ME	$63,700.00
Detroit	MI	$950,000.00
Genesee County	MI	$206,774.00
Wayne County	MI	$121,968.00
Minneapolis	MN	$500,000.00
Kinloch	MO	$145,493.00
Saint Louis	MO	$531,300.00
Durham	NC	$300,000.00
Rocky Mount	NC	$54,670.00
Omaha	NE	$311,285.00
Bayonne	NJ	$136,000.00
Camden	NJ	$364,890.00
Hoboken	NJ	$50,606.00
Newark	NJ	$1,000,000.00
Perth Amboy	NJ	$280,075.00
Vineland	NJ	$280,840.00
N. Las Vegas	NV	$70,000.00
New York	NY	$1,000,000.00
Syracuse	NY	$280,000.00
Cincinnati	OH	$500,000.00

Cleveland	OH	$478,403.00
Columbus	OH	$1,000,000.00
Dayton	OH	$421,330.00
Lucas County	OH	$50,842.00
Toledo	OH	$231,476.00
Portland	OR	$525,000.00
Allentown	PA	$546,596.00
Harrisburg	PA	$82,611.00
Philadelphia	PA	$905,000.00
Reading	PA	$195,925.00
Guaynabo Municipality	PR	$153,475.00
Charleston	SC	$168,895.00
Beaumont	TX	$260,000.00
Fort Worth	TX	$1,000,000.00
Houston	TX	$800,000.00
Laredo	TX	$385,200.00
Pasadena	TX	$105,560.00
Pharr	TX	$180,000.00
Bremerton	WA	$182,280.00
Seattle	WA	$154,000.00
Milwaukee	WI	$209,552.00
Total		$28,893,522.50

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FY 2001

In FY 2001, $28.8 million was appropriated for the UPARR grant program. 187 proposals were received from cities and counties around the nation requesting $55.2 million. The following 95 grants were offered:

In fiscal year 2000, $2 million was appropriated, and 14 grants were awarded to the following cities:

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