(CA) Park groups receive grants to help keep Castle Crags, Ide Adobe open; awards total of $328,586 [View all]

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Two north state groups hoping to keep a pair of state parks open got a little closer to that goal this week after the California State Parks Foundation awarded each a sizable grant.

The foundation awarded a total of $328,586 to 13 organizations working to keep state parks open.

The foundation gave $30,000 to Redding-based Innovations Housing to run Castle Crags State Park. The nonprofit group normally handles low-income and sustainable housing projects locally and in East Africa. The Ide Adobe Interpretive Association received $20,000 for Ide Adobe State Historic Park, said Judy Fessenden, association president.

Those organizations applied for and received the grants because they're in negotiations with the state to keep their respective parks open and have demonstrated the ability to run the parks, officials said. The grants are contingent on the state entering into agreements to keep the parks open.

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