[Path-list] Fwd: $3900 to spend.

[Jim Houck]

FYIJim
-------- Original message --------From: Josh Kloehn <jkloehn at appalachiantrail.org> Date: 4/30/21  6:52 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: Jim Houck <houckjw at bellsouth.net>, Betsy Truscott <btrus at infionline.net> Subject: $3900 to spend (Even though y'all have money) 

Hi Jim & Betsy,
 
Four years ago I submitted a funding proposal to the NPS in the goal of getting some NPS-AT funds directly to clubs (or at least as directly as I could). That 7-club project was approved and funded – with ATC having access to those funds
 now. This first year the NPS used a fixed dollar/mile formula which amounts to $3900 for PATH.
 
This is a ‘cyclic’ project so the same work can’t be funded back-to-back years, but this type and similar amount of funding will be coming your way each year. This first round is capturing trail/vegetation clearing, next year is tread and
 drainage maintenance, the third year is back to trail/vegetation clearing, etc.
 
My intent for these funds was to offset routine costs y’all take on – for trail/vegetation clearing these funds could cover equipment(folding saws, loppers, crosscut/chainsaws(and sharpening), axes, fuel containers, weedeaters), PPE (chaps,
 hardhats, safety glasses, gloves), safety (first aid kits & supplies, SPOT devices & plans, first aid & CPR training<perhaps combining funding with neighboring club(s) to sponsor a course – I can help with this>), or anything else related to keeping the trail
 prism clear (a new DR Mower?) – feel free to be creative, the worst APPA can say is “No”.

 
In terms of getting these funds to the Club, there are two options: 1) the club makes the purchases and sends me receipts, and ATC cuts a reimbursement check; or 2) Club and I coordinate, and ATC makes the purchase directly. If you choose
 option 1) just let me know what you’ll be purchasing to make sure it fits within NPS-APPA’s funding parameters.

 
Generally speaking we’ve got a year to spend these funds, around this time next year we’ll have another batch of funds to spend down.
 
Let me know how you’d like to proceed!
 
 
 
Josh Kloehn
Resource Manager
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Central & SW Virginia Regional Office
416 Campbell Ave SW, Suite 101
Roanoke, VA 24016
Phone: 540-904-4391
Cell: 406-860-8371
jkloehn at appalachiantrail.org
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