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Overview
Trust Fund Allocation
Responsibilities of the Authority
Meet the Authority

Overview: The North Carolina General Assembly established the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund (PARTF) on July 16, 1994 to fund improvements in the state's park system, to fund grants for local governments and to increase the public's access to the state's beaches. The Parks and Recreation Authority, a fifteen-member appointed board, was also created to allocate funds from PARTF to the state parks and to the grants program for local governments.

PARTF is the primary source of funding to build and renovate facilities in the state parks as well as to buy land for new and existing parks.

The PARTF program also provides dollar-for-dollar grants to local governments. Recipients use the grants to acquire land and/or to develop parks and recreational projects that serve the general public. At this website, you can learn how to apply for a grant, see lists of past grant recipients and download an application. You can also learn about the Parks and Recreation Authority and how to contact us.

A portion of PARTF is the primary funding source for the Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access Program. The program, administered by the Division of Coastal Management (DCM), offers matching grants to local governments throughout North Carolina's twenty coastal counties. To learn more about this program, go to the Division of Coastal Management Web site.

The trust fund is allocated three ways:

Responsibilities of the Authority: The 15-member Parks and Recreation Authority, meeting quarterly, makes decisions on how money from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund is allocated. The authority is comprised of five members, including the chairperson, appointed by the Governor; five members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and five members appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House.

Members are appointed for three-year terms and may serve no more than two consecutive three-year terms. After serving two consecutive three-year terms, a member is not eligible for appointment to the Authority for at least one year after the expiration of the member’s last term.

The authority is charged with six powers and duties to:

1. Receive public and private donations and funds for deposit into the fund;


2. Allocate funds for land acquisition;


3. Allocate funds for capital projects;


4. Solicit financial and material support;


5. Develop effective support for parks and recreation; and


6. Advise the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on any matter he may refer to the body.

Meet the Authority

Jonathan B. Howes: Chairman, Orange County

Wendell Begley: Buncombe Couty	Cody Grasty: Haywood County	Eddie Holbrook: Cleveland County	Phil McKnelly: Wake County

Lisa Weston: Gaston Couty	Ron Kincaid: Montgomery County	Thomas Blue: Moore County	Robert Epting: Orange County

Cynthia Tart: Brunswick Couty	Tim Aydlett: Pasquotank County	Edward Wood: New Hanover County	Daryle Bost: Forsyth County

Boyd Lee: Pitt Couty	Hollis Wild: Ashe County

N.C. Division of Parks & Recreation • 1615 MSC • Raleigh N.C. 27699-1615 (919) 733-4181