Support for piloting of an intensive College Access Initiative designed to increase and improve access to post-secondary opportunities to 450 tenth through twelfth grade first-generation, low-income students in the following Home Region school districts: Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale, Siloam Springs, and Gravette.
Three unique water quality projects: (1) the completion of priority best management practice (BMP) maps for Beaver Lake's 7 sub watersheds; (2) installation of low-impact development demonstration projects throughout the watershed in priority areas; and (3) implementation of a best management practice research project to address stormwater retention near critical infrastructure.
To support grantee's initiative to implement Reading Roadmap, a comprehensive learning model designed by the Kansas Department of Education that has shown to improve academic outcomes in schools throughout Kansas, focusing primarily on rural-based schools.
2018
Home Region
$100,500
Community Venture Foundation
To support grantee's initiatives to build the entrepreneurial community in Northwest Arkansas
Support for grantee to develop masterplans for natural-surface trail systems in Springdale and Fayetteville and construct a beginner/intermediate level natural-surface trail in coordination with the City of Rogers and Mercy Hospital System
Support for grantee to implement a three-phase after school program that will provide academic remediation and culturally rich experiences aimed at serving at-risk high school students in Coahoma County, MS
To support external professional development training for law enforcement officers and administrative staff in the Helena-West Helena Police Department
Support for grantee to create and lead a delegation of local influencers and key stakeholders to the 2018 Places for Bikes Conference and Indianapolis Cultural Trail Symposium
Community Development Corporation of Bentonville Bella Vista
Support for the development of an approximately 28,000 square foot facility that will house the new and expanded Culinary and Hospitality Management program at the NorthWest Arkansas Community College
