The Colorado Riverfront Foundation was recently awarded a $10,000 Junior Service League Community Giving Grant.

On Monday, May 9th at the Junior Service League's Annual Grant Ceremony at the Redlands Mesa Country Club, Colorado Riverfront Foundation chairman, William Prakken accepted a check for $10,000 along with a framed certificate for one of this year's Junior Service League Community Giving Grant.

According to Junior Service League there were 38 grant requests that totaled $135,000.  Their Community Giving Committee had only $24,800 to give and deemed the riverfront trail project a worthy community project to receive the highest grant awarded this year of $10,000.

The grant monies will be used for signage and benches along the new section of the Riverfront Trail and at parking areas at the end of the new trail.  This new section of trail will be constructed in late 2011 and early 2012 and will start at the Junior Service League trailhead and continue west to the Walter Walker Wildlife Area.  This new section of trail will add approximatley 2.47 miles of trail to the existing riverfront trail.