At its Aug. 18 meeting, the San Juan Water Conservancy District (SJWCD) Board of Directors approved a letter of support for the Pagosa Area Recreation Council’s (PARC’s) efforts to obtain a grant to help build capacity and continue recreation planning in the area.
SJWCD president Candace Jones explained that she drafted a letter of support for PARC’s application to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for $150,000 in funding, including a $15,000 match by PARC, to continue and build upon recreation planning work the council is undertaking.
Jones stated that the council’s previous planning work has gone far enough to make the council eligible to seek grant funding to hire a coordinator and begin efforts to standardize signage and wayfinding markers in local recreation areas, among other efforts.
Jones noted that PARC has received letters of support from a variety of other local organizations for the grant application.
SJWCD board member Bill Nobles, who is also involved with PARC, commented that the board should move forward with submitting the letter of support Jones drafted and that it “doesn’t have to be much.”
The board then unanimously voted to approve sending the letter, which Jones stated she would send the next day.
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