FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 28, 2014) – The Energy and Environment Cabinet (EEC) today announced that $404,599 in grant funding has been awarded for one landscaping project and 39 playground projects. Crumb rubber, made from recycled scrap tires, is used for mulch on playgrounds to enhance durability and safety; for fitness/walking tracks; for landscaping, and on athletic fields to reduce soil degradation and increase safety benefits. EEC Secretary Len Peters said the crumb rubber grants program encourages environmental stewardship. “The Energy and Environment Cabinet is pleased to support these projects that will use recycled Kentucky waste tires in an environmentally beneficial way and will enhance playground safety for our children across the Commonwealth.” The grants are from the Waste Tire Trust Fund, established by the 1998 Kentucky General Assembly to receive a $1 fee from each retail sale of a new tire in the state. The fund manages approximately 4 million scrap tires generated in Kentucky each year and helps develop markets for recycled tire products. Recipients, along with grant amounts, are as follows: Applicant Project Location Grant Amount Barren Learning Tree Day Care (City of Cave City) $ 2,562 Boone CrossRoads Preschool (Hebron Baptist Church) $19,730 Carroll Point Park (City of Carrollton) $ 5,350 Clay Paces Creed Elementary (Clay County Schools) $ 4,265 Grant Mason Corinth Elementary School (Grant County Schools) $28,913 Grayson B. G. Dewitt Park (City of Leitchfield) $13,833 Hart Memorial Elementary School (Hart County Schools) $ 4,145 Henderson Baskett Community Park (Henderson County Fiscal Court) $14,950 Jefferson Skyview Park (City of Jeffersontown) $ 9,425 Johnson Tender Heart Child Care, LLC $ 4,254 Kenton Head Start-Early Childhood Center (Northern KY CAA) $ 5,130 Knox Dewitt Elementary School (Knox County Schools) $19,832 Leslie Mountain View & Stinnett Elementary Schools $23,300 Letcher Letcher County Fiscal Court (10 playgrounds) $28,500 Lincoln Veterans Memorial Park $16,962 Livingston North & South Livingston Elementary Schools $66,540 Logan Russellville/Logan County Memorial Park (City of Russellville) $15,306 Marshall Mike Miller County Park & Day Parks (Marshall County Fiscal Court) $43,250 Metcalfe Sulphur Well Community Center Park (Metcalfe County Fiscal Court) $ 4,703 Nelson Jones Avenue Park & West Broadway Park (Bardstown/Nelson County Parks & Recreation Department) $24,131 Oldham River Valley Christian Church $ 5,789 Pike Pikeville Pond Project (City of Pikeville Parks and Recreation) $ 1,944 Todd Kirkmansville United Methodist Church $ 5,750 Washington Fredericktown Community Park (Washington County Fiscal Court) $ 5,515 Webster Dixon Elementary School (Webster County Fiscal Court) $30,520 TOTAL $404,599
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