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Customized Parks Stamps for the Holidays!
Brighten holiday mailing with customized stamps featuring King County Parks scenes
Get into the holiday spirit by supporting your favorite King County park or trail with custom made postage for greeting cards. King County Parks has partnered with Zazzle, an online marketplace for buying and selling custom-printed items. The marketplace can be accessed by clicking on the "Support Parks!" icon at the King County Parks Web site, metrokc.gov/parks/store.
Zazzle will even support custom orders (non Parks oriented) as long as you navigate to their site from our King County Parks store.
To learn more about this partnership and how it supports parks click here.
$800,000 in Grants for Youth Sports
King County announces grants
for youth recreation facilities
King County Parks' Youth Sports Facility Grant program will leverage nearly $4 million for local parks and recreation projects through partnerships with cities, schools, and local community organizations. The grants, as large as $75,000, will help build new sports complexes, playgrounds and other facilities including a BMX bike track, running track, swimming pool, and tennis courts throughout King County.b
Here is a list of awards granted by the Youth Sports Facilities Grants in 2007
|
Project |
Award |
District |
|
|
|
Alpac Elementary Playground |
20,000 |
7 |
|
|
|
53,317 |
8 |
|
|
|
75,000 |
5 |
|
|
Ballfield Complex Lighting |
75,000 |
7 |
|
Highline |
|
75,000 |
5 |
|
|
|
50,000 |
3 |
|
|
Saint Edwards Park Soccer Fields |
50,000 |
1 |
|
Kent Parks & Recreation & |
Wilson Ballfields batting cages |
30,000 |
5 |
|
|
Lakeridge Elementary Ballfield |
28,000 |
6 |
|
|
|
5,460 |
9 |
|
|
|
50,000 |
3 |
|
|
|
75,000 |
2 |
|
|
|
47,250 |
2 |
|
|
Soundview Playfields |
75,000 |
4 |
|
|
Gatewood Elementary Playground |
30,000 |
8 |
|
|
|
50,000 |
1 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
8 |
|
|
|
799,027 |
|
Visit King County Parks YSFG page here.
To read the press release click here.
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