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TOWN OF WICKENBURG Bi-annual Grant Update Summer 2025 Kathleen Crutchfield July 2025 • Attract External Funding • Advance Community Goals • Reduce local Financial Burden • Enhance Public Services and Infrastructure for residents Why Grants? 2 Grant Project Grant Request BNSF Upgrades to Coffinger Park: Scoreboard, infield work, backstop (total project estimate: $24,000) $9,999 Tohono O’odham 2025 Utility Task Vehicle (UTV) and trailer equipped for medical response and search-and-rescue in rugged, remote desert areas $84,000 FAA/AIP– T-Hanger Reconstruction Phase 2 of the Apron Reconstruction-Repaving between existing hanger $730,692 FAA/AIG – T-Hanger Reconstruction Phase 2 of the Apron Reconstruction-Repaving between existing hanger $467,369 Ft McDowell Yavapai Nation – First Responders Various First Responder (Police & Fire) equipment $207,350 Grant Applications 3 Grant Project Grant Request Ft McDowell Yavapai Nation – Recreation BOGA Boards for Water Yoga classes $8,000 Gila River Indian Community Grant Various First Responder (Police & Fire) equipment $259,000 Maricopa County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) El Pajarito Waterline Project $340,000 Assistance Fire Fighter Grant (AFG) Two - Off-Road vehicles for remote desert terrain rescues $170,000 Prop 302 Tourism Grant Tourism Marketing $35,220 Total – If Fully Awarded: $2,311,630 Grant Applications Continued 4 Grants Awarded to the Town 5 Grant Award Amount State of Arizona Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant $173,476 CDBG – Santa Cruz Waterline $400,000 First Things First Family Resource Center – FY 25 $125,000 and FY27 $250,000 FY26 $250,000 Prop 302 Tourism Grant $28,436 Arizona US 93 Corridor Improvements $26,000,000 Arizona Sports and Tourism – The Quick Grant $4,812 $26,856,724 FY26 Grant Program Allocations from Town of Wickenburg 6 Grants Amount Bed Tax Marketing Grant $10,000 Commercial Façade Grant $25,000 Utility Assistance Program $10,000 Bed Tax Marketing Grant 7 2024 Bed Tax Grant Awardees: Historic Wickenburg Downtown Merchants Association Wickenburg Art Club Friends of Music 8 Commercial Façade Grant Before After The Pony 2nd Hand Store 9 Commercial Façade Grant Before After D&A Investments 10 Community Outreach Grants 101 Training Presented to local non-profit staff covering the basics of grants, applications, budgeting, and tips for success. A great opportunity to share knowledge and help them strengthen future grant applications. Challenges in 2025 11 • Grant Program freeze in Winter 2025 – And Un-freeze- new grant opportunities have been slow to restart • Reduction in funding from the federal level • Increasing competition for available funds Moving Forward 12 Monitoring opportunities for: • Unfunded CIP Projects • Recreation • Parks • Public Safety • Community Services • Potential new Notice of Funding Opportunities Thank you. 13