Local nonprofit offering grants to improve Lincoln neighborhoods

From now until June 1, residents in the six neighborhoods can apply for up to $300 for ideas on improving their community. 

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – A local nonprofit is offering $300 mini-grants to residents of six Lincoln neighborhoods to improve their communities.

Collective Impact Lincoln, a partnership between Civic Nebraska and Nebraska Appleseed, focuses on six neighborhoods: Clinton, Belmont, Everett, Near South, Hartley and University Place.

From now until June 1, residents in the six neighborhoods can apply for up to $300 for ideas on improving their community.

The idea must bring benefit and value to the neighborhood and the community, according to a press release.

This is the fourth set of mini-grants offered by Collective Impact Lincoln.  Other initiatives funded through the program include tree plantings, music festivals and adopt-a-block events.

“As we approach a new season of growth and new life, we hope these mini-grants can enable residents and community groups to come together and give a boost to our neighborhoods,” said Alicia Phillips of Civic Nebraska, Collective Impact Lincoln’s program manager.

Residents can apply for the grants at bit.ly/CILminigrant22.