ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Plan to submit Community Change grants by August 1. (Technical Assistance is available through August 16, technically).
GRANTS & FUNDING SOURCES
- Climate Pollution Reduction Grant –
- WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
- IL EPA
- MI Dept of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)
- MN Pollution Control Agency
- Cuyahoga County (Cleveland/Painesville)
- NE Dept of Environment and Energy
- Click here for project full details
- Priority Climate Action Plan analysis – see how Climate XChange and RMI analyzed CPRG PCAPs
- What about all of the applicants who spent countless hours preparing applications that weren’t selected?
- Speaks to the need to spark the private sector to capitalize on this moment where lists of projects have been created. Green Banks, CDFIs, and community foundations should all be activated.
- WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
- Community Change Grants
- First round of grantees selected! Congratulations to Midwest winners:
- Track 1: The MetroHealth System and Community Housing Solutions (Cleveland, OH)
- Track 1: Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association and Grid Alternatives (MI, MN, WI)
- Track 2: The Trust for Public Land and See You At The Top (Cleveland, OH)
- See the full list of the initial 21 organizations selected.
- First round of grantees selected! Congratulations to Midwest winners:
- Green and Resilient Retrofit Winners
- HUD announced $19 million in new grants and awards
- Midwest housing projects were announced in the following communities:
- MI: Port Huron and Detroit, Westland
- IL: Chicago
- MO: St. Louis
- OH: Cedarville, Columbus
- IA: Waterloo
- IN: Martinsville
- MI: Rochester Hills
- NOAA Coastal Resilience Projects
- City of Monroe, MI
- Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
- Ozaukee County, WI
- Edsel and Eleanor Ford House, MI
- The Nature Conservancy, OH
- See the details of Midwest funded projects here
RESOURCES
- Community Change Grants Technical Assistance
- Environmental Protection Network –
- Resources on grant award negotiations (because winning one isn’t the end!): https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/tcgm-resources/
- Track 1 guide: Track I Process Guide: https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/community-change-grants-track-1/
- Track 2 Guide: https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/change-grants-track-ii/
- EPN’s step by step guides to community change applications: https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/change-grants-application-process/
- Edyna / CCTA Technical Assistance intake (separate from EPN) : https://communitychangeta.org/request-technical-assistance
Events
- Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition Equity Summit – free on zoom, July 31 – August 1, 2024 – learn more and register here
- EPA’s region 5 roadshow:
- August 15 in Milwaukee regarding Inflation Reduction Act opportunities and resources. Space is limited – so register early!
- Space is limited!
- Indiana Climate Leadership Summit:
- Sept. 6 at Purdue University in Fort Wayne, IN – learn more here and register
- Climate Change and Small Cities Conference:
- October 24 – 26 in Winona, MN
- Learn more here
- Wisconsin: Sustain Dane 2024 Summit – November 8, 2024 in Madison
- Wisconsin 2024 Climate Fast Forward: November 14 – 15 in Rothschild, WI