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While HUD is NOT currently accepting applications or pre-applications for this program, funds have been authorized for the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program supports metropolitan and multijurisdictional planning efforts that integrate housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investments in a manner that empowers jurisdictions to consider the interdependent challenges of:
- economic competitiveness and revitalization;
- social equity, inclusion, and access to opportunity;
- energy use and climate change; and
- public health and environmental impact.
While the description states “metropolitan”, $17.5 million (approx. ¼ of the funds available) have been set aside for communities with population less than 50,000.
This is a great opportunity for OK communities to receive funds to facilitate regional collaboration and address critical infrastructure and economic development issues! And, since the deadline has not been announced, NOW is the time for your community to start planning. If you develop your proposal now, you’ll be ready to submit it when the time is right!
More information about the grant program is available at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=AdvNotOSHC_RegPlnGrant.pdf
You can register for email updates regarding this grant via Grants.gov using the Funding Opportunity Number FR-5559-N-01. (http://www.grants.gov/search/email.do)
Your County Extension Office and state specialists are ready to help you organize your region and facilitate the planning process!
Good luck!
Dave Shideler
Assistant Professor and Extension Economist
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
http://rd.okstate.edu
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