The purpose of the Trails for Life Grant Program is to provide an incentive to Arkansans to develop facilities in local neighborhoods and parks and by encouraging active healthy life-styles including vigorous exercise as a part of a regular routine. Act 1750 of 2001 established The Arkansas Trails for Life Grant Program which uses funds made available to the Arkansas Department of Health through the Tobacco Settlement Proceeds Act.
Through the Trails for Life Grant Program, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and the Arkansas Department of Health strive to establish a foundation for creating a higher level of physical activity and better community health by providing non-matching incentive grants.
The Trails for Life Program is not intended to duplicate the opportunities of other grant programs. Grants for recreational trails are available through the Arkansas Recreational Trails Grant Program administered by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, the 50/50 Matching Grant Program administered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, and the Rural Community Development Grant Program administered by the Arkansas Department of Rural Services. Trails for Life grants are limited to trails specifically designed for providing health and fitness benefits.

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NEWS MEDIA NOTICE

The Trails for Life Grants Advisory Committee will hold a meeting in Little Rock on March 11, 2010 in Little Rock and will conduct the Trails for Life Grant hearings on March 12, 2010 in Jacksonville.

The Committee will meet with the Outdoor Recreation Grants Program staff at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010 in the Parks and Tourism Conference Room of the Multi Agency Complex, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas to review the Fiscal Year 2010 grant applications.

The Committee will meet at9:00 a.m. on Friday, March 12, 2010 in meeting rooms A and B of the Jacksonville Community Center, located at Number 5 Municipal Drive, Jacksonville, Arkansas.  The Committee has scheduled time for each applicant to describe their grant request and answer questions the Committee might have to assist them with the grant award recommendations.

For more information contact Bryan Kellar, Director, Outdoor Recreation Grants Program, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism, One Capitol Mall, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 (501) 682-1301.

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