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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Below are some open grants that may be helpful to your community. All links and additional information are now on the Main Street
Portal. </span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">2023 Paint Oklahoma Beautiful Application – Now open, deadline July 30, 2023</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Paint Oklahoma Beautiful program encourages volunteers to seek out unsightly community structures & renovate them with FREE paint and stipends for supplies from our
wonderful sponsors <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/t.e2ma.net/click/nlzakl/r8f2v8/z2wt2ub__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uKaLQLOjJIBBfLs0nIZ2PYN1b5fKQxuWh0jkQUpxmpfuPhUyXHkxZjTccElVcF5mQBcZX7aBOHDN34ESjuA3LqXCQ6-MKEYZpb6b7w$">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">HIS Paint</span></a>, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/t.e2ma.net/click/nlzakl/r8f2v8/fvxt2ub__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uKaLQLOjJIBBfLs0nIZ2PYN1b5fKQxuWh0jkQUpxmpfuPhUyXHkxZjTccElVcF5mQBcZX7aBOHDN34ESjuA3LqXCQ6-MKEbv8A3R6Q$">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality</span></a>,
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/t.e2ma.net/click/nlzakl/r8f2v8/vnyt2ub__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uKaLQLOjJIBBfLs0nIZ2PYN1b5fKQxuWh0jkQUpxmpfuPhUyXHkxZjTccElVcF5mQBcZX7aBOHDN34ESjuA3LqXCQ6-MKEaOXe3-jA$">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">CLBoyd</span></a>, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/t.e2ma.net/click/nlzakl/r8f2v8/bgzt2ub__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uKaLQLOjJIBBfLs0nIZ2PYN1b5fKQxuWh0jkQUpxmpfuPhUyXHkxZjTccElVcF5mQBcZX7aBOHDN34ESjuA3LqXCQ6-MKEa5rtDjkQ$">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Waste Management</span></a>, and
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<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Public Service Company of Oklahoma!</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)- Now open, deadline Aug 3, 2023</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Our Town is the NEA’s creative placemaking grants program. Through project-based funding, the program supports activities that integrate
arts, culture, and design into local efforts that strengthen communities over the long term. Our Town projects engage a wide range of local stakeholders in efforts to advance local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes in communities. Competitive projects
are responsive to unique local conditions, authentically engage communities, center equity, advance artful lives, and lay the groundwork for long-term systems change. These projects have a required partnership component. Grants range from $25,000 to $150,000,
with a minimum nonfederal cost share/match equal to the grant amount.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant – Now open, Webinar link provided on Main Street Portal, Rolling application</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program provides $10,000 in funding for resident-driven groups in small cities and towns to start
the Community Heart & Soul model. Grant funding requires a $10,000 cash match from the participating municipality or a partnering organization. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=776230379c&e=77bcdf6867__;!!NZFi6Pppv9YRQw!uyEV5ifHs5FA1bGZMAznBu2VmBnf4jvrsPDkfDJgfKYdxyazn8s620JGunFkodu4r4SdoapMDo3PWEa6LrXwPH-F7w$" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">HOPE
VI Main Streets</span></a>- Now open, deadline Eastern time on Oct 12, 2023</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The HOPE VI Main Street Program provides grants to communities smaller than 50,000 in population to assist in the renovation of a historic, traditional central business
district, or “Main Street” area by replacing unused, obsolete, commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units. The obsolete building space property may be publicly or privately owned. Eligible applicants under this NOFO are county governments,
city or township governments, and special district governments. The local government whose jurisdiction includes the Main Street area is the only entity that is eligible to receive an award. Applications submitted by other entities, e.g., the private property
owner, are not eligible for award. Detailed eligibility information can be found in Section III.A. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;color:black">Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program, Now open, Rolling application</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This program provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities in rural areas. An essential community facility is defined as a facility that provides
an essential service to the local community for the orderly development of the community in a primarily rural area, and does not include private, commercial or business undertakings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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