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4/9/24, 5:50 AM Gmail - Fwd: 2024 Be Active! Be Green! Bench Launch - Apply for free benches with Active Living Ramsey Communities <br />https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ik=c18795b938&view=pt&search=all&permthid=thread-f:1794543889812992088&simpl=msg-f:17945438898129920…2/6 <br />Active Living Ramsey Communities <br />Be Active! Be Green! Bench Initiative <br />Applications accepted thru Mon, May 20, 2024 <br /> <br />The 2024 Be Active! Be Green! Bench Initiative is now launched! Acti ve <br />Living R amsey C ommuni ti es i s taking appli cati ons for new bench corridors and <br />l oops in Ramsey County. Non-profits and governmental units are eligi ble. The <br />easy to fil l out appl ication due date is Monday, May 20, 2024. Below, you can <br />check out the bench routes that w ere aw arded in 2023. This may help you think <br />of ideas for your community. <br /> <br />Want to apply? Fi ll out the simple B e A ctive! B e Green! B ench Application <br />Form, send i n a map of the bench route, choose the bench style (Vi ctorian or <br />Park Seri es), and provi de any additional requested information. <br /> <br />Acti ve Living R amsey C ommuni ti es w orks to pl ace benches on trail s and <br />pedestrian corridors throughout Ramsey C ounty to create a more walkabl e <br />environment for peopl e of all ages and abilities. <br /> <br />Through a partnershi p with funding from the Environmental Health D ivi sion of <br />Saint Paul – Ramsey County Publ ic Heal th, Acti ve Living R amsey C ommuni ti es <br />grants free benches made from recycled pl astic with a Be Active! Be Green! <br />message to non-profit organi zati ons and governmental uni ts in Ramsey County. <br /> <br />Be Acti ve! Be Green! Bench grant schedule: <br />May 20, 2024: Appli cations are due. <br />May 20 to June 10, 2024: Schedule and complete a proposed bench route <br />tour. <br />June 17, 2024: Awards made to grantees. Grantees secure l ocati on ri ght- <br />a-w ays. <br />July 16, 2024: Contract agreement signed and executed. <br />August 19, 2024: Soonest grantee pi cks up benches from R amsey C ounty. <br /> <br />Learn more about the bench program <br /> <br />Q i ?C C i B d l @