Omaha By Design

Omaha By Design Makes It Happen

A Place Game is the first step toward making your park or neighborhood more exiting attractive and people friendly. Lively Omaha’s Place Games were instrumental in helping 8 Neighborhood Associations and 2 Community Groups make a difference and helped develop nearly $37,000 in funding during 2004. Place Game related grants to date now total more than $200,000.

Listed below are the organizations requested Place Games last year as well as the grants and gifts received as a result of Place Game Workshop ideas.

Neighborhood Associations
Bemis Park
Park East
Harrison Heights
Metcalf Park
Fort Redman
Maple Village
Deer Park
Hanscom Park
Highland Park

Community Groups
Benson Merchant’s Association
W. Dale Clark Library

2003 Place Game Projects Funded

Omaha Community Foundation Grants

Columbus Park	$1,024	Community Cleanup
E.R. Danner Neighborhood	$2,500	Improvements to Kountze
Leavenworth Neighborhood	$ 850	Police Scanners
Gifford Park Neighborhood	$2,500	Cleanup, Garden supplies, and Show Wagon

City of Omaha Mayor’s Grants

Bemis Park Neighborhood	$5,000	Statue and signage
Benson Merchants	$3,505	Banners on Maple Street
Gifford Park Neighborhood	$3,300	Safe 33^rd & California Project
Leavenworth Neighborhood	$5,000	Improvements on Turner Blvd.
Joslyn Castle	$5,000	Electrical service for events
Morton Meadows	$5,000	Twin Ridge Blvd. Improvement
Park East	$3,113	Banners

William and Ruth Scott Foundation

Highland Park

$40,000

Park Renovations

Total 2004 Grants $76,792

To request a Place Game for your group visit www.omahabydesign.org or email/call our office at 324-3458.

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