Does the project provide recreation uses more appropriately administered by a public agency rather than a private enterprise?
Facilities should be designed to serve the broadest and most diverse spectrum of age groups and minority and special populations. • Can the local municipality or authority provide the matching grant? There can be no question as to the financial ability of the sponsoring local government for meeting its matching obligation. • Can the state or local entity provide for adequate operation and management of the proposed project area? The state, municipality or other public recreation authority must be able to operate and maintain the area for the public for the life of the project. In addition to the above general criteria, each state may use other competitive ranking criteria, including type and use of the proposed project, urgency that the area will be lost to recreation, cost potential and implementation time, among others. Contact your state recreation liaison office to find out how they prioritize stateside LWCF projects. A House United: Working Together to Permanently Fund LWCF in the
