{"id":16503,"date":"2024-05-20T06:19:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=16503"},"modified":"2024-05-20T06:19:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:19:51","slug":"21-beautification-18-sidewalk-apps-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/21-beautification-18-sidewalk-apps-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Beautification, 18 sidewalk apps approved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One new Decatur program has jumped to a solid start while a longtime program has done the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Dan Rickord told city council at its recent meeting that 21 applications have been approved for the city&#8217;s new beautification program recently unveiled by the Mayor&#8217;s Youth Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those 21 applicants will use a total of $10,159 to be provided by the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In all, $15,000 in city monies were placed into a city fund to spur the first-time program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program works like the city&#8217;s facade and 50\/50 sidewalk programs. A resident applies for a grant, details its proposed project and the cost, and, if approved, sees the city match the amount projected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The maximum amount awarded is $500, or $750 if submitted with an immediate neighbor&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects approved are \u201call over the city,\u201d the mayor noted, and include such projects are painting, new railings, mulching, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City council administers the program and has final say on all matters. The youth council looked over the applications and made recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great project for the kids,\u201d Rickord added, noting that the program \u201cwas well received.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIDEWALKS: Meanwhile, 18 applications for the 50-50 sidewalk program have been approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The applicants will receive approximately $34,000 of the $50,000 annually set aside for the program which has been a city staple for some 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert said it is hoped that work on the new sidewalks can begin around May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHopefully, some neighbors will see it (the work) and want to do the same thing,\u201d Rickord said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com One new Decatur program has jumped to a solid start while a longtime program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-16503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/EB2381AEEBE84AC3837E0BB707A7F2D9.jpg?fit=543%2C384&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}