The Town is committed to pursuing grants and alternative funding opportunities to support a wide range of projects, acquire specialized equipment, and enhance training efforts. These resources allow the Town to extend beyond the limitations of its operational budget and address the evolving needs of a growing community. To promote transparency and provide clear, up-to-date information, this grant funding page is reset annually on July 1. We are grateful to the funding agencies that continue to recognize and invest in the future of the Town.
The AARP Community Challenge grant program is part of the nationwide AARP Livable Communities initiative that helps communities make immediate improvements and jump-start long-term progress in support of residents of all ages.
The Town of Leland seeks funding to install eight Audible Pedestrian Signals (APS). While pedestrian signal infrastructure is already in place, this grant would modernize those improvements by integrating APS technology, significantly enhancing accessibility and safety. Implementing APS will foster a more pedestrian-friendly community, promoting independence for seniors and individuals with disabilities. Research indicates that APS improves pedestrian response times, reduces unsafe crossings, and increase confidence in navigating intersections. These benefits are particularly valuable for older adults who may require additional time to cross, as well as parents managing strollers and young children.
The Streamflow Rehabilitation Assistance Program (StRAP) provides grants to projects that help reduce flooding and restore streams across North Carolina. The program was created by the NC General Assembly, which approved $38 million in funding for StRAP in the budget appropriations bill for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. StRAP allocates money for projects that protect and restore the integrity of drainage infrastructure of North Carolina’s waterways.
The funding received from this program will assist tin the vegetative debris for Jackeys Creek from Highway 17 to Lanvale Road.
The Leland Tourism Development Authority grant program assists organizations with the marketing, promotion, and execution of projects and initiatives that promote tourism in – and attract visitors to – the Town of Leland.
As our Town grows, Leland Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Recourses is committed to growing and adapting our recreational amenities and programs to meet the expectations of our community. We look forward to increasing the number of performances and events so all ages can interact at the heart of the Town, while creating memories as families, neighbors, and friends.
The NC Division of Public Health is awarding a limited number of bike amenity packages, which include one public work stand and two bike racks for North Carolina communities. Partial awards may be granted based on the number of available items. The public work stands are outdoor self-service repair stations with ADA-compliant design, providing tools that can be used for bikes and other wheeled devices. These amenities can be used to help support North Carolina communities promote physical activity opportunities.
If awarded, the Town of Leland will install the bike racks and bike repair stand at the newly renovated Founders Park.
The Gateway District Utility Resiliency project is the relocation of approximately 4,800 linear feet of existing overhead power and telecommunication lines to underground service conduits. The Gateway District project area is located along Village Road between Andrew Jackson Highway and Oakland Avenue, which includes a primary electric utility substation, as well as many basic service businesses, such as grocery stores, medical facilities, pharmaceutical retailers, fuel centers, and restaurants, and approximately four hundred and fifty (450) directly-served residential units.
The Gateway District Utility Resiliency project, also known as the Village Road Utility Conversion project, will reduce the risk of power line and telecommunication destruction in a natural disaster, sustain existing businesses, reduce obstructions impacting vehicular crashes with possible fatalities, and potentially attract new businesses to the area. Leland, as part of Brunswick County, has been under a Presidentially declared FEMA emergency ten times since 2010. This mitigation project is critical to the resiliency of our community and its citizens.
The initial scoping, feasibility, and preliminary layout phase of the project was completed in 2019 in conjunction with Duke Energy.
The Town of Leland was awarded $750,000 through the FY23 Appropriations process towards the engineering and design portion of this project.
Leland Unpaved Road Improvements project is the improvement the gravel roads of John Sneed Lane, Breman Lane, Graham Drive and Appleton Way by widening, paving, adding curb and gutter, installing new signs and sidewalks, and drainage improvements to allow the Town to provide safe and equitable modes of transportation. The Leland Unpaved Road Improvements project will improve safety of these roadways, provide safer multimodal facilities by providing sidewalks for nonmotorized travel, increase access to roadways, and allow greater connectivity to parks and multi-use paths.
The Leland Unpaved Road Improvements project will widen the dirt roadway to two 9-foot travel lanes on John Sneed Lane. In addition, a 5-foot concrete sidewalk will be installed along one side of the road. Graham Drive will widen and pave the dirt roadway to two 10-foot travel lanes with a 5-foot sidewalk along one side of the road. Appleton Way will pave and widen the dirt roadway to 10-foot travel lanes with 5-foot sidewalk along one side of the road. The total length of pavement needed for the Leland Unpaved Road Improvement plan is approximately 5,690 Linear Feet. The length of paving for sidewalk is approximately 5,470 Linear Feet.