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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Eagan sets block grant priorities for 2003. - 2/15/2003CI> ,p z — \ 3 — 2J= ° ers so ng ‘ds n't in - on er- red • is )ta sh- fay oAw Eagan sets block grant priorities Cleaning Cedar Grove blight at top of list BY JOSHUA NICHOLS Sun Newspapers Underprivileged ouu the Wescott neighborhood wig from a Community Develop- ment Block Grant. The Eagan City Council will di- rect $10,500 toward Wescott Youth Services, a program that was not funded by block grant dollars in 2002. Wescott Youth Services pro- vides programs such as family special events, field trips to the Dodge Nature Center, Children's Museum and other local attrac- tions, preschool aged programs, teen mentorship programs and tu- toring assistance. All activities take place at the Wescott Center within the neighborhood. The $10,500 the city plans to al- locate to the program has been used in the past to offset costs in- curred by the city's Parks and Recreation Department in provid- ing the programs in the Wescott neighborhood. The Eagan City Council also will distribute the majority of the grant, $224,500, to the Cedar Grove area. That funding will go toward re- moving rundown houses and other blights from the Cedar Grove redevelopment area. The council made its annual decision regarding the grants during its Feb. 4 meeting. The Dakota County Community De- velopment Block Grant Program administers the funds for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 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The The outdoor basketball pro- levels are between players. money will be gram began in 1994 as a neigh- "Many of the participants used for a pre- borhood program to involve the have played in traveling teams, season clinic for youth in structured activities attended basketball camp and youth regis- and to qurtail the crime rate. played for their schools. The Eagan's youth development - tered in the She began the program at the girls that have not done so due coordinator went for the lay-up summer outdoor basketball pro- Wescott Square basketball to lack of financial and trans - and scored two points that net- gram; for a coaches' supervisor . courts at Yankee Doodle and portation resources cannot com- ted the city $12,109 from the position; and as seed money for Wescott Square roads. The pro- pete on the same level," Riva- Minnesota Amateur Sports a fee scholarship program. gram later was expanded to the monte wrote in her grant appli- Commission (MASC). "It's a great starting block," entire city. Last summer, the cation. Loudi Rivamonte received said Rivamonte, who has program had about 100 regis- • word last week that a grant she worked with youth programs tered participants. GRANT: To Page 20A Grant: Special coordinator will supervise coaches From Page lA By offering a preseason clinic, she hopes to level the playing field more. Rivamonte also noticed differences in the coaching abilities of the program's vol- unteers. The special coordinator position will supervise the coaches and equip them with more skills for working with youth. Leagues are divided into three cate- gories: boys ages 10-12, boys ages 13-17, and girls ages 10-17. The boys play full court four on four. The girls play half - court ball with three on three players. By funding a scholarship program, she also hopes to level the enrollment opportu- nities between youth who can afford to play and those who can't. This summer, the fee will be $15, which includes a T-shirt, the clinic and paid game officials. In past years when a family could not afford to pay, the fee was paid out of the general program budget. As the number of scholarships reached the 30 percent mark, Rivamonte said that be- came a strain on the department budget, so $5,000 of the MASC grant will be used to es- tablish a scholarship fund. To sustain the fund, Rivamonte said her department strives to partner with other community or- ganizations that will work together to pro- vide healthy opportunities for youth. For example, Quarry Park neighbors near Yankee Doodle and Coachman roads were introduced to a Food and Fit- ness program. The University of Min- nesota and the Dakota County Commu- nity Action Council teamed up with the Parks and Recreation Department to offer nutrition clinics, games and expo- sure to social service opportunities. Riva- monte said she is working on similar op- portunities for youth in the Cinnamon Ridge and Cedarvale neighborhoods. That offshoot is being funded through a grant from the Dakota Partnership for Healthy Communities.