RTC Trail & Greenway Funding Guide
Welcome to Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Trails and
Greenways Funding Guide. This searchable database contains information about a
variety of federal, state and private funding sources for trails and greenways.
These funding sources – including statewide referenda that have been placed on
ballots across the country since 1998 – can be used to fund various phases of
acquisition, planning, design and development for trails and greenways. Through
our research, we have attempted to compile the latest information regarding
funding; however, due to the changing nature of trails and greenways funding
sources, this database will need to be continually updated. How is it organized? The Trust for Public Land has a searchable database on
their website of Conservation
Ballot Measures on the local level that voters passed in 2001. Click here http://www.tpl.org/tier3_cdl.cfm?content_item_id=5421&folder_id=1585
for that database. For
The Brookings Institution report “Growth at the Ballot Box: Electing the Shape
of Communities in November 2000,” click here: http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/ballotbox/abstract.htm
Click here
http://www.redlodgeclearinghouse.org/resources/search.asp for the Red
Lodge Clearing House, a searchable database of private/foundation and
federal/state funding sources for trail and greenway projects. Funding
sources can be located for such interest areas as “Open Space & Recreation”
and “Easements, Trusts & Land Acquisition.” These funding sources are
exclusive to the western states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho,
Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. We are providing this information to assist
you in your funding searches. It is up to the grant applicant to determine which
grant sources are appropriate for a particular project.