COUNTY PRESS RELEASE:
A $100,000 grant from the League of California Community Foundations’ Disaster Relief, Recovery and Resilience Funds from the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation will be used to implement a Storm Debris Response Micro-Grant Program for recognized Firewise Communities.
The Micro-Grant program will make twenty-six grants of $3600 each available for projects that increase defensible space around homes, remove hazardous vegetation from private lands, or clear evacuation routes on private roadways this summer. The grants program will be administered by the Sierra Business Council and funds will be made available only to recognized Firewise Communities.
Applications for the Storm Debris Response Micro-Grant Program will open Monday, July 18th and close Monday, August 15th at 5:00 pm.