Neighborhood Matching Grant Cycle to Open July 1 The next cycle of Neighborhood Matching Grants from the City of Eugene opens on July 1, 2009 with $50,000 available in funding for neighborhood improvement or community building projects. Project ideas include: Physical improvement projects that involve recreation or public safety facilities, natural resource features, public art and spaces or community gardens. Public school partnership projects that benefit school children and the immediate neighborhood. Neighborhood-based events and celebrations. Capacity building initiatives that serve to create, diversify, or increase participation in a neighborhood-based organization or promote an understanding of issues important to neighborhood residents. Grant guidelines and application materials are available on the City’s web site, www.eugene-or.gov/matchinggrants, and at the Permit and Information Center, the Downtown, Bethel and Sheldon libraries, the Amazon, Hilyard, Sheldon, and Peterson Barn Community Centers and the Campbell Senior Center.  All applications will be required to undergo a pre-review by November 1, 2009 with final applications due on February 1, 2010.  Awards will be announced in March 2010.  For more information about the Neighborhood Matching Grants Program, contact Cindy Clarke, Neighborhood Services, 682-5272 or cindy.j.clarke@ci.eugene.or.us