Grant Application and Guidelines
Application Deadline ~ February 20, 2012
This application should be submitted to Michelle Wells at the NC Recreation & Park Association by 5pm on February 20, 2012. Please type your information in the form below, save the file to your system, and send as an email attachment to . You will receive confirmation of your application being received. Note: There are 2 additional attachments noted below that are required for your application to be considered complete.
Location/Agency
County: Cherokee
Park & Recreation Agency Name: Cherokee County Parks and Recreation
Director’s Name: Phillip Davis
Garden Manager who is responsible for reporting to Nourishing NC
Name: Keith Wood
Agency (if applicable): Cherokee County Cooperative Extension Service
Phone (include area code): 828-837-2210
Email:
Garden Information:
Name of Park where Nourishing NC Garden will be: Not a Park, we have 2 located on County property.
Street Address of Park:
City: State: Zip:
This garden location is on public land? Yes No If No, your garden is not eligible for funding.
If your garden will not be located on park property, please give name/location of requested site and a brief description of why it is not being located on park property: Cherokee County Sheriff's training center in Marble community. (Eastern part of Cherokee County)
Is this a new or existing garden? Existing.
If existing, how long has it been a working garden? 3 years.
If this is a garden to be revived, how long has the garden been non-working?
Does this garden location have access to water? Yes No
Please tell us about the population this garden will serve. Does this garden target one or more of the potentially underserved/at-risk-populations? Cherokee county has a summer population of over 27,000 people and the Marble garden is open to anyone wanting to participate.
Funding Needs:
What are the funding needs for this garden? Be specific with how the funding will be used:
Item / Amount of Funding RequestedFront end loader to fit a donated Kubota B 2400 tractor. / 3000.00
Trailer to haul tractor and implements from one garden to another. / 0
Total amount of funding requested (max $3000): $
Any comments regarding your funding request you would like to share?
The Cherokee County Master Gardeners have been offered a Kubota B2400 4wd tractor with tiller and brush cutter attachments valued at over $7000. The tractor's primary use will be for secondary tillage needs in the community gardens. We need a front end loader to carry soil, mulch, soil amendments, fertilizer, compost, rocks, etc. and for garden needs. A trailer is needed to transport the tractor and implements between gardens. The installed cost of the front end loader is $3600 and the cost of a trailer is $1000. The Cherokee County Master Gardeners are willing to fund the remaining difference of $1600 to aquire this equipment.
Community Partners: List community partners and the role they will play in supporting the NNC garden. (Information will be verified with the contacts listed below)
Cooperative Extension Contact Name: Keith Wood
Phone: 828-837-2210 Email:
What role will they play? Oversee the gardens
Health Department Contact Name:
Phone: Email:
What role will they play?
Have you made contact with your local Master Gardeners? Yes No
If yes, please list the contact person: Kim Delaney
Phone: 828-837-9101 Email:
What role will they play? Assist gardeners at Marble and manage the Ranger garden.
Additional Community Partners:
Agency Name: Cherokee County Government
Contact Name: Maria Hass
Phone: 828-837-5527 Email:
What role will they play? Use of county lands.
Agency Name: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office
Contact Name: Keith Lovin
Phone: 828-837-2521 Email:
What role will they play? Plow Marble Community Garden and inmates will harvest any abondaned garden plots for the Senior Nutrition Program.
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(If additional space is needed to list community partners, please check here and list on a separate page.
Submit this additional page as an attachment with your emailed application)
Produce Partner(s): The agency, organization, homeless shelter, food pantry, food rescue organization, etc. that our garden will donate at least 10% of our produce to:
Name of Agency/Group: Sheriff's Department furnishes meals for the Seinor Nutrition Program in Cherokee County.
Contact Person: Keith Lovin
Address: Regal Street
City: Murphy State: NC Zip: 28906
Email: Phone: 828-837-2521
Name of Agency/Group: Cherokee Co Sharing Center
Contact Person: Alan Peters
Address: First United Methodist Church, Valley River Avenue
City: Murphy State: NC Zip: 28906
Email: Phone: 837-5320
Name of Agency/Group: Cherokee Co. Food Bank
Contact Person: Frank Jones
Address: West End Plaza
City: Andrews State: NC Zip: 28901
Email: Phone: 828-321-5954
Garden Team: Please list at least ten individuals who will have an active role in garden work and who make up the garden team; list their organizational affiliation if applicable and the role they will play.
1. Name: Keith Wood Organization (if applicable): NCCE
Their role: Gardening techniques and education, over see gardens
2. Name: Shannon Coleman Organization (if applicable): NCCE
Their role: Youth Education
3. Name: Teresa Goley Organization (if applicable): NCCE
Their role: Food nutrition and preservation
4. Name: Kim Delaney Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Assist gardeners at Marble garden
5. Name: Alex Whitlock Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Co-manager of Ranger garden
6. Name: Lawerance Myers Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Co-manager of Ranger garden
7. Name: Donna McOwen Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Co-manager of Ranger garden
8. Name: David Wood Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Co-manager of Ranger garden
9. Name: Mary Hulse Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Assist gardeners at Marble garden
10. Name: Nancy Dickey Organization (if applicable): Cherokee County Master Gardeners
Their role: Assist gardeners at Marble garden
Narrative: For questions with character limits, MS Word can provide you this information by using the Word Count function
Please provide a brief narrative of your community garden project and needs: Include strategy and evidence that your approach can be effective in achieving the goals of the Nourishing NC project. You can find the goals online at www.ncrpa.net/NourishingNC
Max of 2000 characters including spaces:
The Marble community garden was started in 2009 for Cherokee County residents to have access to good soils for a garden plot. The area used is appoximatly one half acre divided up evenly for up to 25 participants. Master Gardeners helped manage the garden and assist gardeners. All gardeners are required to donate 10% of food grown, and if any was left unharvested, the Master Gardeners would harvest and donate to food banks. A small compact tractor with a rotary tiller is needed in both gardens for secondary tillage needs and weed control. The front end loader is needed to assist in constructing raised beds, transporting compost, soil amendments, stones, soil and garden equipment. The trailer is needed to transport the equipment between the gardens.
How do you plan to create a garden that will have a long and vibrant role in the community? Max of 2000 characters including spaces
The Marble garden is going strong now starting its fourth year. Cherokee County Extension promotes and supports both gardens through local media in the form of newspapers, newsletters, blogs, websites, radio PSA's and Extension programs. Cherokee County Government supports the gardens and is encouraging more in the county on county property. Both gardens will be used for educational purposes teaching youth and adults garden principles, both integrated pest management and organic. Garden participants enjoy fresh self grown produce, saving them money along with eating healthier. Both required donations of produce and surplus produce will help feed needy famlies in Cherokee County.
Does your agency have any other community gardens? If yes, tell us about the location of these gardens, the age of the gardens and who is utilizing them.
Yes, a new garden will be planned for 2012 in the Ranger Community at the Mountain Folk Center (Western part of Cherokee County). The new Ranger garden will be managed by the Master Gardeners, but this one will be a demonstration organic garden. The Master Gardeners will be in charge of tillage, planting, weeding, trellising and harvest. Any resident or group will be invited to participate in the garden and they will receive a percentage of what is grown according to how much work they contribute. At least 10% will be donated to food banks.
Required Attachments: Send these two attachments with your application.
- In one document, include a visual representation of the garden: plot description, either a drawn site plan or photographs along with measurements and compass orientation (N/S/E/W).
- A written plan with timeline on the steps the team will take to implement their garden project
Fiscal Agent: Please list the name and address of the agency that should receive the funds and will be responsible for paying the bills
Agency Name: Cherokee County/Cherokee County Extension Contact: Candy Roberts
Address: 40 Peachtree St.
City: Murphy State: NC Zip: 28906
By submitting this application, we agree to adhere to the guidelines and requirements outlined in this application if selected and funded as a Nourishing NC garden. Typing your name below and submitting this application is equivalent to your electronic signature.
Park & Recreation Director: Phillip Davis
Garden Manager: Keith Wood
Nourishing North Carolina (NNC) Grant Application & Guidelines Page 7 of 7
January 2012