South Mountain Mini-Grant Program

The South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grant Program has been developed and overseen by the ATC since 2009 to encourage economic development among local communities by funding projects to build trails, conduct outdoor festivals, and develop promotional guides for local agriculture and forest products. $100,000 in grants have been awarded since 2009 with over $184,708 in grantee’s match.

Complete List of South Mountain Mini-Grant Funded Projects

2010-2011 Mini-Grant Projects

• Gateway Narrows Interpretive Project
  Project Lead: Arendtsville Borough
• Community Signage Plan and Implementation
  Project Lead: Boiling Springs Civic Association
• Dickinson College Farm Eco-Trail
  Project Lead: Dickinson College
• Ironmaster's Mansion Project
  Project Lead: Central Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Mount Holly Marsh Preserve
  Project Lead: Cumberland County
• Camp Michaux Recognition and Development
  Project Lead: Cumberland County Historical Society

2009-2010 Mini-Grant Projects

• Vernal Pool Workshops
  Project Lead: Adams County Conservation District
• Appalachian Trail Museum
  Project Lead: Appalachian Trail Museum
• Local Wood Products Guide
  Project Lead: Central Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Cumberland County/South Mountain Tourism Guide
  Project Lead: Cumberland County Planning Department
• Logo Design for South Mountain Partnership
  Project Lead: Cumberland County Visitors Bureau
• Film: Road to Freedom: The Underground Railroad through South Mountain
  Project Lead: Franklin County Visitors Bureau
• Tales of Preservation Handbook
  Project Lead: Land Conservancy of Adams County
• Visioning for Gettysburg 2020 Plan
  Project Lead: Main Street Gettysburg
• South Mountain Geo-Trail
  Project Lead: Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council
• South Mountain Survey
  Project Lead: Shippensburg University