The Youth Athletic Facilities program provides grants to buy land and develop or renovate outdoor athletic facilities such as ball fields, courts, swimming pools, mountain bike tracks, and skate parks that serve youth through the age of 18.

While the program focuses on youth, RCO strongly encourages grant recipients to design facilities to serve all ages and multiple activities.

An athletic facility is an outdoor facility used for playing sports or participating in competitive athletics and excludes playgrounds, tot lots, vacant lots, open or undeveloped fields, and level open space used for non-athletic play. Typical Projects
Adding lights to a field to allow evening games
Changing an underused tennis court to a high-demand basketball court
Changing the field surface, such as installing artificial turf, to allow more games per season or more seasons when the field may be used
Expanding a youth-sized softball field to accommodate broader community uses