SUCCESS STORIES Southampton Hospital: $10M for new satellite medical facility and emergency department in East Hampton The NYS Department of Health will support the Hospital's efforts to decentralize health care service delivery, in line with national health care reform goals. (Photo courtesy Dan's Papers) News articleTown of Smithtown: Water Quality Improvement Program for regional stormwater management $288,750 The Town of Smithtown, in partnership with the Villages of Nissequogue, Head of the Harbor and The Branch, will purchase a shared-use vacuum truck to be used on a coordinated basis to clean catch basins, improving MS4 compliance and benefiting water quality in environmentally significant areas. Grant funds are provided by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Village of the Branch: Long Island Greenbelt Trailhead Improvements $214,560 The Village of the Branch, in the Town of Smithtown received two awards -- $184,560 from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and $30,000 from Empire State Development -- to re-purpose an abandoned roadway corridor to establish an accessible pathway and trailhead facility at Old Route 111. The pathway will provide a pedestrian and bicycle friendly link between a residential community and densely developed commercial district, and provide a more effective linkage to the the Long Island Greenbelt Trail, a 32-mile hiking trail that extends from Heckscher State Park to Sunken Meadow State Park. Lighting will improve public safety and improve visibility for police patrols. EPF 2015 $10,000 to Southampton Village Police Department for Electronic Fingerprinting Equipment Funding awarded by the NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services will be used to replace aging fingerprinting equipment and enhance capabilities for capturing biometric data during arrest processing. [10/2015] (Image: Fingerprint diagram, 1940 Frederick Kuhne) $56,069 NYS Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund award for Village of Brightwaters The NYS Archives has awarded funding under the 2015-16 LGRMIF program to the Village of Brightwaters to convert a large volume of paper-based property records to digital format. The Village is thrilled to receive this award in a very competitive grant year as it will allow them to replace an inefficient paper-based system with streamlined electronic document management system. [09/2015]
Village of East Hampton receives $46,000 for green stormwater project The Suffolk County
Town of Smithtown receives $304,329 for regional fuel facility Governor Cuomo has announced that the Town of Smithtown has received a grant award totaling $304,329 to upgrade its municipal fueling facility and consolidate regional fueling operations. The project will achieve cost savings, produce environmental benefits and better position the Town to serve regional fueling needs in disaster events, should the area experience a future event on the scale of Superstorm Sandy. The grant will be administered by the NYS Department of State under the Local Government Efficiency program. Story (image courtesy Bob Savage) Montauk Lighthouse receives $249,473 for restoration project The historic 1838 Keeper’s Quarters structure on the Lighthouse property will be restored and utilized as a multi-purpose space to accommodate a wide range of much needed expanded uses. Stabilization addressing structural damages/ deterioration and the interior adaption will allow this National Historic Landmark to host a variety of needs not currently met and contribute to local economic enhancement via tourism and support of local business. Grant funds are administered by the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. (Image courtesy Wolfgang Wander) Water Quality Improvement Program ![]() Governor Cuomo has announced an award of $955,208 in support of the Nissequogue River Water Quality Improvement project, which will address water quality and groundwater flooding issues in the Nissequogue River watershed in the vicinity of the Village of the Branch. The Water Quality Improvement Program is a competitive reimbursement grant that directs funds from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund to projects that reduce polluted runoff, improve water quality and restore habitat in New York's waterbodies. More (Image: FEMA) | Grant writing, research and administration services for towns, villages, fire districts and other public agencies in New York
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