Washington bestows $7,500 on Idyllwild organizations
On Tuesday, Aug. 23, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his board of supervisors colleagues to approve the use of Community Improvement Funds to help several Idyllwild organizations — the Association of Idyllwild Realtors, Forest Folk and the Idyllwild Arts Foundation.
The realtors received $3,000 for play equipment to be installed at the Town Hall playground. The association will double this gift with another $3,000, which it received as the Placemaker grant from the National Association of Realtors. A minimum of $6,000 will be available for new playground equipment, but the association would like to augment that, according to Kathy Wilson of the AIR.
IAF was granted $2,500 for the Jazz in the Pines festival to supplant other funds donated for scholarships.
The local Forest Folk are the beneficiaries of a $2,000 grant to support its local shuttle service for seniors and the disabled living in the Idyllwild and Pine Cove neighborhoods.
