CICS Receives Matching Funds
Citizens’
Initiative for Community Spaces (CICS) has received a
$30,000 challenge grant from the Pasternak Family
Foundation in support of their project to rebuild the
pavilion in the Margaretville village park with the
assistance of graduate architecture students from
Parsons The New School for Design. The students are
designing and building the structure and CICS has
agreed to raise the necessary funds for building
materials and insurance. All of this is being done
with final review of the Village Board and with input
from all interested parties. Models of students’
designs have been on display outside the Village
offices since last month and there is a suggestion
box for comments by the public. Updates can also be
seen on the CICS web site:
www.catskillcics.org.
With
the M-ARK project as fiscal agent, donations to this
project are tax deductible. The Foundation will match
donations up to a total of $30,000 from individuals
with homes, businesses or other connection to the
towns of Middletown, Roxbury, Andes and Shandaken.
Funds will not be matched from other foundations or
from other grants. In making this grant, Mr.
Pasternak said that he hopes these matching funds
will help motivate the local community to step up and
support the project.
The CICS fundraising efforts include, soliciting funds through their Grand Club in which individuals pledge to raise or donate $1,000, funds being raised with a donation can campaign by Margaretville Central School students, and grants solicited by the M-ARK Project. To make a donation, stop by the M-ARK Project office or call them at 586-3500 or contact via e-mail: joan@markproject.org. Donations may be made by check, cash or credit card.
The CICS fundraising efforts include, soliciting funds through their Grand Club in which individuals pledge to raise or donate $1,000, funds being raised with a donation can campaign by Margaretville Central School students, and grants solicited by the M-ARK Project. To make a donation, stop by the M-ARK Project office or call them at 586-3500 or contact via e-mail: joan@markproject.org. Donations may be made by check, cash or credit card.