The Town of Leland actively seeks grants and other funding opportunities to fund various projects, procure specialty equipment, and provide funding for training. Grant funding allows the Town to go beyond the limits of our operational budget and provide a solution for evolving community problems. Thank you to the agencies for recognizing the needs of our Town.
According to N.C. Commerce, CDBG funds are awarded to enhance the vitality of communities by providing adequate housing, suitable living environments, infrastructure development, and expanding economic opportunities.
The Town has applied for rehabilitation and/or replacement of substandard housing units and improvements to areas with aging, undersized water/sewer lines and/or substandard streets/poor drainage. The Town will strengthen and revitalize its community, and invest in healthy, safe, and walkable neighborhoods by targeting federal funding into housing improvements to ensure safe, sanitary living situations for residents.
To learn more about this program and how to apply, please click here.
FOCUS Broadband Connect Grants were established to provide grant funds which will aid in covering costs associated with the utilization of FOCUS Broadband services to support economic development and community initiatives which require connectivity. This grant program is a key element of the FOCUS Broadband's vision to enhance access to and increase the use of technology in our community.
In effort to increase broadband equity, the Town has requested funding towards technology associated with the Founders Park Improvements Project.
The USDOT's Safe Streets and Roads for All program will enable the Town to develop its first Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, which will be the first step in implementing policies that will result in safer roadways for all Leland residents. The Town will seek the services of a consultant with local understanding and presence to develop the Action Plan. By guiding actions, programs, projects, and policies, the Action Plan will advance the Town’s goals of eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries on Town streets.
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.
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.
N.C. Department of Commerce Rural Transformation Grant Fund will help rural communities revitalize main street and downtown districts, seed and advance initiatives that build local capacity, revitalize, and strengthen neighborhoods, foster small business recovery/sustainability, and support economic growth.
The Baldwin Drive Improvement Project includes street, sidewalk, and drainage improvements along Baldwin Drive from Lee Drive to Navassa Road. Improvements include resurfacing, installation of sidewalk, curb and gutter, and storm drain piping for the section of road, as well as grading and stormwater upgrades to improve area drainage.
The road design includes 10-foot travel lanes with curb and gutter, new stripping-including center-line stripes, and planter strip with trees. The pedestrian improvements include new 5’ sidewalks on both sides of the road, ADA compliant curb ramps at Lee Drive, and crosswalks. In effort to reduce roadway flooding concerns, there will be additional storm drain piping and additional grading to improve the stormwater system. This project addresses safety concerns for both pedestrians and motorists and will better serve the developing areas within Leland.