Victor Receives a 2 Year, $100,000 Planning Grant

"Victor, Idaho, may seem like a sleepy little town, but the Vermont-based Orton Foundation, recognizing the city’s unique qualities, has chosen Victor as one of four communities nationwide in which to pilot its Community Heart and Soul planning program.

With a $100,000 grant from the Orton Foundation and a matching commitment from the Victor City government, Victor is poised to engage in a planning process over the next two years that seeks to ensure smart, inclusive, community-oriented growth into the future.

The grant will fund a series of planning activities, create two part-time positions with the city, and develop implementable timelines for the vision that emerges from the planning process. The two-year grant, with possibility of an extension, will focus on providing a transportation plan, capital improvement plan, design guidelines for downtown and implementation schedules.

Main Street will receive particular attention as the heart of Victor and the most visible symbol of the city’s identity.As part of the matching contributions required by the foundation, the city will hire a part-time project coordinator and a part-time grant writer for the next two years."

By Rebecca Watters, Teton Valley News, Tuesday, December 23, 2008