Leelanau Township unanimously approved a grant writer contract agreement for Woolsey Memorial Airport at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The contract cost between the township and Wendy Rose Bice of WRB Consulting is $6,000 for her work from March through June, and will be covered completely with funds recently awarded from the Leelanau Township Community Foundation (LTCF).
The $6,000 grant award from LTCF to the township was specifically to hire a researcher/grant writer to assist in applying for funding opportunities to restore the airport.
“I don’t think we could do it absent a grant writer that’s dedicated to tracking down appropriate funders and then applying to them. We don’t have the manpower to do that,” said Barbara Conley, Leelanau Township supervisor. “I have to give a shoutout to parks and rec (board) and the SWAT! team for working on this issue because if people weren’t working on it, the building would just fall into disrepair and eventually collapse. It is an important part of our history and it’s charming… so it’s very good to have a group who’s helping out with fundraising for this.”
