Project Play Spruce Up Grants
Your playground could win a Project Play Spruce Up Grant!
The nomination period is now over, but you can still vote for the playgrounds you think should win one of four Project Play Spruce Up Grants worth a total of $15,000.
Vote until Friday, January 13
The nominations are in and it's time to vote! Create an account on ACTion Alexandria and assign your five votes any way you like. Vote for one playground five times, five playgrounds one time, etc.
Grant winners will be selected by the Project Play Taskforce based upon a combination of online votes and recommendations from the recently completed city-wide playspace assessment.Please review the official contest rules for details.
Important Dates
- January 13th, 2012: Last day of voting
- February 1st, 2012: Winners announced!
Ideas
Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy, built in 1958, is one of the City of...
Nomination for Spruce Up Grant – Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria/COAN The Beverley Hills Church/Preschool playground is located in the Beverley Hills area of Alexandria at 3512 Old Dominion Blvd., about a block away from Glebe Road. There are actually two large...
The Mount Vernon Community School (MVCS) playground is on the corner of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Uhler Avenue in the center of downtown Del Ray, Alexandria. This grant will help to make the playground more appropriate for children ages 2-5 years old.The school serves children K-5, but the...
The Thinking Tree Reading Garden would beautify a barren lot on the grounds of Polk Elementary School, near the...
The Cora Kelly Elementary School playground is undergoing a much needed modernization. The old playground was a horror, and could not even be used for much of the year because of water drainage issues. The new playspace will be an exciting place for all Alexandria city kids. ...
Carpenter’s Shelter is the largest single-facility homeless shelter in the City of Alexandria. Carpenter’s provides shelter, guidance, education, and advocacy for homeless individuals and families who seek sustainable independence and stability. We serve an average of...
The small playground located at the corner of Sunset Drive and King Street is ideally located at the base of the Masonic Temple, across the street from the Amtrak station, and less than a block from the King Street metro...
This is a small playground that is used by children of all ages. It would be great to have the soft surface installed to replace the mulch that...
I have lived in a duplex on Pelham for 32 of my 33 years. I love this neighborhood and am now raising my children here. I would really love for us to go to the playground and enjoy a safe and challenging experience and for my children to love this place as much as I do. There...
The South Royal Street Toddler Playground needs a Spruce Up grant to help with the following needs:
- Water Fountain – Little tykes get thirsty running around and having fun!
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The 400 S VAN DORN ST park is nestled inside of an enormous condo complex off S. Van Dorn Street. It is probably the only green space for the numerous, ethnically diverse residents of that community, and as such could really use City resources to help improve it. The park consists of a...
Ewald Park is located at 4454 Duke Street. It includes a graffitied playground, a closed swimming pool with attending locker rooms, a basketball court, two very basic grassy athletic fields and a bus stop on Duke Street. The park is located near a number of moderate and low income apartment...
The Cora Kelly Elementary School playground is undergoing a much needed modernization. The old playground was a horror, and could not even be used for much of the year because of water drainage issues. The new playspace will be an exciting place for all Alexandria city kids. ...
Of all the parks I have visited in Alexandria, as a native Alexandrian and current mother of two children under the age of five, perhaps the little playground at S. Whiting St. is in the most need of attention. To begin, the playground is located on a very small space, without any room to...
While all playgrounds in the city could use sprucing up in one way or another, it is very important to consider the parks that have the greatest need for physical improvements, are open throughout the day every day of the week, and have significant populations of young children within walking...
The small playground located at the corner of Sunset Drive and King Street is ideally located at the base of the Masonic Temple, across the street from the Amtrak station, and less than a block from the King Street metro...
The Thinking Tree Reading Garden would beautify a barren lot on the grounds of Polk Elementary School, near the...
Nomination for Spruce Up Grant – Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria/COAN The Beverley Hills Church/Preschool playground is located in the Beverley Hills area of Alexandria at 3512 Old Dominion Blvd., about a block away from Glebe Road. There are actually two large...
The Mount Vernon Community School (MVCS) playground is on the corner of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Uhler Avenue in the center of downtown Del Ray, Alexandria. This grant will help to make the playground more appropriate for children ages 2-5 years old.The school serves children K-5, but the...
Carpenter’s Shelter is the largest single-facility homeless shelter in the City of Alexandria. Carpenter’s provides shelter, guidance, education, and advocacy for homeless individuals and families who seek sustainable independence and stability. We serve an average of...
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