Broadwater County Trust Board Continues to Provide Funding
Author: Broadwater County Trust Board
Broadwater County Trust Board Continues to Provide Funding for 2025 Projects
Broadwater County Trust Board
This is part one of a four-part series of articles, highlighting the projects that the Broadwater County Trust Board (BCTB) has supported this past year.
In April of 2025, the Broadwater County Trust Board, in cooperation with STOKE and the Big Sky Leadership organization, processed a grant in the amount of $30,000 to help fund the McCarthy Park Tennis Court Repair Project. This project repaired the tennis/pickleball and basketball courts. The grant covered filling the existing cracks, replacing the tennis net and net posts, buying new pickleball nets, purchasing a tarp to cover the courts, and replacing the basketball backboards and hoops. In addition, parking curbs were placed in front of the tennis and basketball courts. Students and tennis players from the high school, as well as many other volunteers, worked to make this project a reality.
The Broadwater County Trust Board (BCTB) was established to oversee and manage the Broadwater County Trust Fund created by the sale of cabin properties along the north end of Canyon Ferry reservoir in the 1990’s. The purpose of the fund is to support recreational projects in the county. The interest from the investment of the trust fund principle is accessed through a grant process, screened and managed by the Trust Board. Their recommendations for grant approval and payments are sent to the County Commissioners for action. All contracts and disbursement of funds are completed by the Broadwater County Commission.
The BTCB meets monthly to receive, discuss, approve, and manage grant applications, which satisfy the criteria set forth in the Trust’s by-laws. These criteria can be found on the Trust website at https://broadwatercountytrustboard.com/about
BCTB welcomes ideas and proposals from the public to improve Broadwater County recreational facilities and their use. The BCTB usually meets the second Tuesday of every month at 11:30 AM. Grant application forms can be found on the BCTB website at https://broadwatercountytrustboard.com/about
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Image 1 Caption: Volunteers working on the pickleball courts
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Image 2 Caption: Volunteers working on basketball courts
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Image 3 Caption: Progress: a job well done
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