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Challenge Grants

APF Challenge Grants are made possible with generous support from the .

GRANTEE FORMS:

Final Report

2013 Challenge Grants

This year, we awarded 20 challenge grants, totaling $257,187!

Abe’s Trail Clearing in Girdwood – $4,000

The Girdwood Trails Committee will clear the Abe’s Trail extension of the Beaver Pond Trail of heavy tree parts early in summer 2013 to

make way for Youth Employment in Parks crew work.

– $40,000

This dedicated group of volunteers and neighbors is devoted to revitalizing Arctic Benson Park and creating an enclosed dog park.

– $823

Rasmuson Foundation

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Arctic Benson Neighborhood Park Improvements

Connors Bog Kiosk

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Eagle Scout Candidate Gunnar Flotre will build an informational kiosk at this popular location to display a sign listing the rules of an off-leash

dog park.

Didlika Park – $4,050

The Polynesian Association of Alaska will beautify Didlika Park with Turnagain neighbors.

– $3,000

High School student Grant George will design and install a gazebo for the Anchorage Community Land Trust’s Glenn-Bragaw gardens.

– $4,000

Eagle Scout George Cruikshank plans to refurbish the informational kiosk at the Jodhpur trailhead with new paint, updated signage, brush

clearing, and bench installation.

– $20,000

The Singletrack Advocates plan to design and construct 6 miles of singletrack – soft-surface, narrow trails favored by mountain bikers – on

the north side of Kincaid Park. The group will work with volunteers on sustainable trail construction.

- $6,000

Eagle Scout Candidate Brian Durr plans to install a platform in Little Dipper Park, adding two benches to facilitate viewing of the Chugach.

– $20,000

AK Rush Soccer Club will make field, landscape, and play area improvements to this neighborhood park.

– $40,000

Neighbors Michelle and Jim Rogers are fundraising to develop Moen Park for active play spaces in 2014, including a playground.

Momentary View: Old Hermit Park – $5,741

The Fish Creek Working Group of Spenard neighbors will design and install an earthworks type sculpture.

– $11,000

The Girdwood Art Institute plans to create and install mosaics in the new Girdwood Town Square Park. Community volunteers will participate

year-round in all phases of the project.

– $550

The Anchorage Waterways Council and the Campbell Park Community Council will install two Mutt-Mitt stations along Campbell Trail by

Shelikof street and near Waldron Lake.

Gazebo at Glenn-Bragaw Gardens

Kincaid Park Jodphur Trailhead Kiosk

North Kincaid Singletrack

Little Dipper Park Viewing Area

Lloyd Steele Park & Field Upgrades

Moen Park

The Mosaic Project: Girdwood Town Square Park

Mutt Mitt Station Installation in Bancroft Park

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– $20,000

Over the next two summers Nordic Skiing Association of Anchorage will flatten, repair, and rebuild this popular 4.5 km loop.

Refugee Fresh International Gardens (FIG) “Re-Fresh” Project – $2,100

Fresh International Gardens in Davis Park is run by refugee gardeners (enrolled with Catholic Social Services Refugee Immigration

Assistance & Immigration Services) and provides refugees with an activity that helps them interact with Mountain View neighbors, and a way

to earn money. FIG Refresh will replace a dilapidated plastic shed with a larger wooden shed, and fix two areas of fencing.

Roosevelt Park Swingset – $12,500

Neighbor Kelly Petersen plans to install a swingset and fall surfacing in Roosevelt Park.

– $20,000

First Tee of Alaska plans to replace the tee boxes and greens at Russian Jack Golf Course.

– $7,700

Best Beginnings plans to construct a series of signs, each featuring the pages of a children’s book, to be placed at intervals along a trail. The

set of signs will be available to check out for use at different park and trail events.

City Wide Tennis Court Repairs – $15,723

The Anchorage Tennis Association will raise funds to improve nets, posts, sun and windscreens in five parks: Delaney, Taku, Forsythe,

Scenic and Pop Carr.

- $20,000

Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR) will landscape and install a sculpture at the Westchester Lagoon confluence of the

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail and the Chester Creek Trail.

2012 Challenge Grants

Total Amount Awarded from Rasmuson Foundation: $100,000

Total Project Value for All 2012 Challenge Grants To Date: $397,131

Total Number of Projects Funded: 2

with Polar Little League

NSAA Spencer Loop Trail Repair

Russian Jack Golf Course Upgrades

StoryTRACKS

Westchester Lagoon Landscaping and Art Installation

Davis Park Ballfield Revitalization

We are considering either of these placements for the gazebo

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