Ep. 19 Public Art
Topics:
Join host Karl McCollester and co-host Mark Partin as they delve into the transformative power of public art, sharing how it can breathe life into communities, attract tourism, and foster local pride.
Grants:
Congratulations to the winners of the Duke Energy grants!: https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-foundation-investing-nearly-200-000-in-south-carolina-communities-to-support-main-street-revitalization-efforts
Join host Karl McCollester and co-host Mark Partin as they delve into the transformative power of public art, sharing how it can breathe life into communities, attract tourism, and foster local pride.
Grants:
Congratulations to the winners of the Duke Energy grants!: https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-foundation-investing-nearly-200-000-in-south-carolina-communities-to-support-main-street-revitalization-efforts
- DOA Grants
- 2026-10-30 - U.S. DOJ/BJA — FY2026 Rural Violent Crime Reduction Initiative (Up to $2,637,041; No match required): Grants.gov due 2026-10-30; JustGrants due 2026-11-06. Priority for rural municipalities and their police departments pursuing targeted violent-crime reduction strategies, technology, analytics, training, personnel, and operational capabilities.
- 2026-10-30 - U.S. DOJ/BJA — FY2026 STOP School Violence Program (Up to $2,000,000; No match required): Grants.gov due 2026-10-30; JustGrants due 2026-11-06. Municipal governments and partners can fund school violence-prevention training, threat assessment/intervention teams, anonymous reporting systems, and eligible school-safety technology.
- 2026-11-02 - NC DEQ — Lead Service Line Replacement Rolling Funding Round (Amount not specified; Match not specified): Next consideration cutoff: 5:00 p.m. Municipal drinking-water utilities may seek low-interest loans, with principal forgiveness available to qualifying applicants, for lead-service-line identification and replacement. Applications are otherwise accepted on a rolling basis.
- 2026-11-05 - National Fish and Wildlife Foundation — 2027 Atlantic Flyway Shorebird Initiative (Most awards $75,000–$200,000; Minimum 1:1 nonfederal match for the main program): Coastal municipalities can support shorebird habitat management, disturbance reduction, monitoring, and conservation at priority Atlantic/Gulf sites. Exception: a separate piping-plover project category specifies no match. Due 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
- 2026-11-16 - Federal Highway Administration — FY2026 Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program (Amount not specified; Generally 20% nonfederal project-cost match, with statutory exceptions): Local governments may fund wildlife-vehicle collision hot-spot analysis, planning, research, crossings, and related safety infrastructure. FY2026 program funding is approximately $80 million, not a typical individual award amount. Grants.gov deadline 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
- 2026-11-19 - USDA NRCS — Easement Restoration and Stewardship ($250,000–$5,000,000; No match required): Cities, counties, and special districts may apply for cooperative agreements supporting restoration, stewardship, and assessments of existing wetland and floodplain conservation easements. Applications due 11:59 p.m. Eastern.
Find Us:
Mark Partin is Chief of Staff for the City of Sumter (https://sumtersc,gov). Subscribe and Find more of Mark's Local Government Leadership Thoughts at https://localleadershipinsights.substack.com/
Karl McCollester spent 20 year in strategic technology consulting for small municipalities in the Carolinas and George. He is the CEO of GovPossible.
GovPossible (https://govpossible.com) is a Public Benefit Corporation that provides software to help small municipalities manage their operations including finance, budget, licensing, permitting, planning, codes enforcement, cemetery, meetings, and website.