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Department of Parks
Kentucky State Parks Foundation Awards Grants To Parks
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Five state parks will receive a total of $16,735 in grant funding for projects from the Kentucky State Parks Foundation.
The Kentucky State Parks Foundation was created in 2007 as a non-profit foundation to support, enhance, advocate for and connect people to the natural, historical and cultural resources of Kentucky’s 52 state parks.
“We appreciate the efforts of the foundation and all of those who contribute to our parks through donations or volunteer work,” said Parks Commissioner Gerry van der Meer.
Here are the parks and the projects that received grants from the foundation:
John James Audubon State Park, Henderson: $5,000 to redesign and create a new main playground area. This is being matched with $5,000 from the Friends of Audubon.
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park, Burkesville: $4,500 to construct a historic interpretive 1 mile loop trail.
General Butler State Resort Park (Butler-Turpin House), Carrollton: $3,235.50 to conserve and install the historic reproduction Brussels and Wilson carpets.
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park, Prestonsburg: $1,500 to conserve and frame the “White Squaw” drawings.
E.P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park, Louisville: $2,500 to improve the Goose Creek Trail.
Anyone interested in contributing to the foundation can mail a check to Kentucky State Parks Foundation, Inc., PO Box 85, Prestonsburg, KY 41653. For more information about the foundation, visit www.kentuckystateparksfoundation.org
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The Kentucky State Park System is composed of 52 state parks plus an interstate park shared with Virginia. The Department of Parks, an agency of the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, operates 17 resort parks with lodges -- more than any other state. For more information on Kentucky parks, visit our Web site at http://www.parks.ky.gov
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