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Missouri State Parks Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program

Missouri State Parks State

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Award
Requests from $300,000 up to $15 million.
Next date
Due Wed, Jun 30, 2027
Who can apply
Local governments
Where
Missouri urban areas of 25,000 or more

A nationally competitive National Park Service grant, run in Missouri by Missouri State Parks, for new outdoor recreation spaces and park renewals in urban areas. Cities, counties, park districts and state agencies in urban areas of 25,000 or more people can apply.

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The program pays to create new outdoor recreation spaces and renew existing parks, which can include a playground. Only local governments and agencies in urban areas of 25,000 or more people can apply, and selection is nationally competitive.

These investments enable urban communities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and form connections between people and the outdoors.

An urban area that has a population of 25,000 or more, or

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About the match

This is a matching grant, but the page does not state the match amount or whether in-kind contributions count. Check the Notice of Funding Opportunity.

How to apply

  1. Review the National Park Service Notice of Funding Opportunity and the application documents on this page.
  2. Email your project application to mspgrants@dnr.mo.gov by June 30, 2027, at 5 p.m.
  3. If selected, work with Grants Management staff to complete the full application they submit to NPS.

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