From Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov Tue Sep 5 07:54:40 2017 From: Jeremy.Zeller at okcommerce.gov (Jeremy Zeller) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:54:40 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Reinvestment Reports Message-ID: <9A22EFC9872B77409B6475696C8314A55C50283B@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> Just a reminder that reinvestment reports are due by this Friday, September 8th in order to receive your quality assurance points. Thank you. Jeremy Zeller Economic Development Specialist Oklahoma Main Street 405-815-5186 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mheisch at okhistory.org Fri Sep 8 09:14:20 2017 From: mheisch at okhistory.org (Melvena Heisch) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 14:14:20 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] SHPO Staff Changes Message-ID: Dear Oklahoma Preservation Friends and Colleagues: As many of you know, I am retiring as Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer on October 1. It has been my great honor and pleasure to work with all of you for the past 41-plus years. It is so rewarding to see the development of Oklahoma's preservation programs demonstrated in the work of federal agencies, tribal governments, state and local governments, and the private sector. The SHPO staff and I thank all of you for your work and look forward to our continued working relationships. While I am retiring from the SHPO, I plan to remain an advocate for historic preservation and hope to work with you in new ways. Now it is my pleasure to introduce the new Deputy SHPO and two other new staff members. Due to budget reductions, we left our Certified Local Governments Coordinator position open since Glen Roberson's retirement a year ago, and another vacancy recently occurred when Stephanie Ballard resigned as our Survey Coordinator to return home to Virginia. Lynda Schwan Ozan has been appointed to serve as Oklahoma's Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer. Lynda has served as the SHPO's Architectural Historian and National Register Program Coordinator since May 2008. An Ohio native, she has degrees in history and historic preservation and brings over 20 years of preservation experience to her new position. Lynda's research interests span architectural and cultural history and colonial America. She has conducted research in westward expansion settlement patterns; indentured servitude; and modern architectural styles. She is the author of numerous National Register of Historic Places nominations, and published journal articles, most recently an article for The Chronicles of Oklahoma on "The Architectural Legacy of Oklahoma." Contact Lynda at 405/522-4478 or lozan at okhistory.org. She assumes her new duties on September 15. Jennifer (Jen) Jones joined the SHPO staff on September 1st as the Certified Local Governments Program Coordinator/Preservation Planner. She holds an M.A in History with an emphasis on historic preservation and museum studies from Oklahoma State University; an M.A. in archaeology and heritage management from the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK; and a B.A. in history and English from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford. Since 2014, Jen has served as Architectural Historian/Historian for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Cultural Resources program. Jen has taught at the college level and owned her own preservation consulting firm, writing several National Register of Historic Places nominations. Contact Jen at 405/521-6387 or jjones at okhistory.org David Chunn will join the SHPO staff on September 15th as the Historian/Survey Coordinator. He holds a B.A. in History/Political Science from Auburn University and completed studies in City and Regional Planning at the University of Memphis. Davi is leaving his position as a Planner in the Department of Planning, City of Hot Springs, Arkansas where he staffed the City's historic preservation commission and managed its certificate of appropriateness process. Contact David at 405/522-2713 or dchunn at okhistory.org after September 15. I am sure that you will enjoy working with Lynda, Jen, and David in their new positions. The SHPO is currently recruiting candidates for the Architectural Historian/National Register Coordinator position that Lynda previously held and hopes to fill the position soon. Thank you for working with the SHPO staff and me for the past 40-plus years to preserve Oklahoma's heritage, and I wish you great success in the future. 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Sent from my iPhone From Tamara.Price at okcommerce.gov Wed Sep 20 13:49:21 2017 From: Tamara.Price at okcommerce.gov (Tamara Price) Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:49:21 +0000 Subject: [MainstreetTowns] Announcing Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge In-Reply-To: <52F2536E-4207-41BC-B496-89FACE9CF6F4@okcommerce.gov> References: , , <3B141A24-5BA2-481F-BCBC-2C8B7CDF8F26@okcommerce.gov> <52F2536E-4207-41BC-B496-89FACE9CF6F4@okcommerce.gov> Message-ID: <11101F9E2599B84A867A1F263AC04DF05C4E343B@EML-EXA05.agency.OK.local> Note: If you have questions, please email Buffy Hughes at Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov. Thank you! Announcing Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge In 2017, the National Main Street Center (NMSC) and Project for Public Spaces (PPS) presented Round 2 of Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities, a series of two-day trainings aimed at helping Main Street communities revitalize their downtowns using placemaking--a citizen-led process that helps activate downtowns and community gathering places. Round 2 was delivered to Main Street communities from Wyoming, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Michigan. Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge will offer the matching funds, training, and one-on-one fundraising coaching--this time to Main Street communities in the Round 2 states. Crowdfunding on ioby allows project leaders to raise funds, cultivate a local donor base, find volunteers, and build visibility for their project, all with one-on-one support and training from ioby staff. Fifteen projects from among these six states will be selected. While the challenge goal will be to select a proportionate number of projects from each of the Round 2 states, selection will depend on applications submitted. Applicants selected to participate in Round 2: Cultivating Place Crowdfunding Challenge will receive $1,500 in a 1:1 match to apply toward their ioby crowdfunding campaign (project budget minimum is $3,000). There is no cap on the project's total budget size; applicants may fundraise as much as they like over the $1,500 match. No experience in fundraising is required to participate since ioby will provide fundraising coaching to all participants, and this program is applicable to groups of all sizes. Match funding is made possible through the generous support of Anne T. and Robert M. Bass. Eligibility and Guidelines: * Project must benefit the community and not be directly aimed at private profit. * Project must be led by or deeply engage residents of the community in which the project takes place. * Project should implement the Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper model described by the Project for Public Spaces. See examples. * Funding can go toward any stage of the project, including planning or implementation. * Applicant does not have to have attended the Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities training. * Applicant should be staff, board, or volunteer of a Main Street America member organization within Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, or Wyoming. Timeline * September 28: Webinar presented by ioby. Recording will be available for viewing after the webinar. * October 18: Applications due to NMSC. To apply, please fill out application form below. * October 25: NMSC notifies applicants of selections. Shortly thereafter, ioby Success Strategists will contact participants with next steps on planning campaigns and building campaign pages. Success Strategists are from ioby's team of in-house fundraising coaches and will provide flexible, customized support to selected applicants throughout their fundraising process. * October 27-November 10: Participants work to build their campaign pages and plan their campaigns, with the support of their Success Strategist. * November 10-December 31: Participants fundraise! All participants should plan to do their online fundraising during this time frame. Questions? Attend ioby's informational webinar on September 28 and check out the detailed ioby FAQ here! To apply, simply fill out this application form! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Both are embedded above, but in case you need the direct links: * Application Form link: https://nationalmainstreetcenter.submittable.com/submit/455be07f-7d19-49a5-9e9a-9319f3759682/round-2-cultivating-place-on-main-crowdfunding-challenge * Ioby webinar link (it is embedded in the language, but just in case you need it separately): https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8727353040246925571 Lindsey Wallace | Senior Manager, Special Projects P 312.610.5605 NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER 53 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 350 Chicago, IL 60604 www.mainstreet.org | Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Read State of Main, a publication of Main Street America [2018-email-signature] [https://nthp-savingplaces.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/02/06/13/21/32/409/NTHP_LOGO_RGB_Tagline_email.png] [http://www.mainstreet.org/assets/design/images/logos/MainStreetCenter_LOGO_299.png] [cid:04B12855-CCCE-48BF-8C40-29AFC1F3B7D2] [cid:61B15A47-6EE0-44ED-A0B8-7D1AA86620A4] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Just a reminder about the Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge. The application period closes on October 18. Today, September 28, at 1pm ET/12pm CT/11am MT, ioby will be presenting an informational webinar about their platform and about this opportunity. It will be recorded for those who would like to watch it later. Have a good day, Buffy Buffy Hughes State Main Street Director Oklahoma Department of Commerce 900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov P: 405.815.5249 C: 405.664.1260 OKcommerce.gov/main-street [MSALOGO_17COPROGRAM_CMYK] _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Announcing Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge In 2017, the National Main Street Center (NMSC) and Project for Public Spaces (PPS) presented Round 2 of Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities, a series of two-day trainings aimed at helping Main Street communities revitalize their downtowns using placemaking--a citizen-led process that helps activate downtowns and community gathering places. Round 2 was delivered to Main Street communities from Wyoming, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Michigan. Round 2: Cultivating Place on Main Crowdfunding Challenge will offer the matching funds, training, and one-on-one fundraising coaching--this time to Main Street communities in the Round 2 states. Crowdfunding on ioby allows project leaders to raise funds, cultivate a local donor base, find volunteers, and build visibility for their project, all with one-on-one support and training from ioby staff. Fifteen projects from among these six states will be selected. While the challenge goal will be to select a proportionate number of projects from each of the Round 2 states, selection will depend on applications submitted. Applicants selected to participate in Round 2: Cultivating Place Crowdfunding Challenge will receive $1,500 in a 1:1 match to apply toward their ioby crowdfunding campaign (project budget minimum is $3,000). There is no cap on the project's total budget size; applicants may fundraise as much as they like over the $1,500 match. No experience in fundraising is required to participate since ioby will provide fundraising coaching to all participants, and this program is applicable to groups of all sizes. Match funding is made possible through the generous support of Anne T. and Robert M. Bass. This is the link to the blog post with all of the information below: https://www.mainstreet.org/blogs/national-main-street-center/2017/09/20/announcing-round-2-cultivating-place-on-main-crowdfunding-challenge Eligibility and Guidelines: * Project must benefit the community and not be directly aimed at private profit. * Project must be led by or deeply engage residents of the community in which the project takes place. * Project should implement the Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper model described by the Project for Public Spaces. See examples. * Funding can go toward any stage of the project, including planning or implementation. * Applicant does not have to have attended the Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities training. * Applicant should be staff, board, or volunteer of a Main Street America member organization within Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, or Wyoming. Timeline * September 28: Webinar presented by ioby. Recording will be available for viewing after the webinar. * October 18: Applications due to NMSC. To apply, please fill out application form below. * October 25: NMSC notifies applicants of selections. Shortly thereafter, ioby Success Strategists will contact participants with next steps on planning campaigns and building campaign pages. Success Strategists are from ioby's team of in-house fundraising coaches and will provide flexible, customized support to selected applicants throughout their fundraising process. * October 27-November 10: Participants work to build their campaign pages and plan their campaigns, with the support of their Success Strategist. * November 10-December 31: Participants fundraise! All participants should plan to do their online fundraising during this time frame. Questions? Attend ioby's informational webinar on September 28 and check out the detailed ioby FAQ here! To apply, simply fill out this application form! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Both are embedded above, but in case you need the direct links: * Application Form link: https://nationalmainstreetcenter.submittable.com/submit/455be07f-7d19-49a5-9e9a-9319f3759682/round-2-cultivating-place-on-main-crowdfunding-challenge * Ioby webinar link (it is embedded in the language, but just in case you need it separately): https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8727353040246925571 Lindsey Wallace | Senior Manager, Special Projects P 312.610.5605 NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER 53 West Jackson Blvd. Suite 350 Chicago, IL 60604 www.mainstreet.org | Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Read State of Main, a publication of Main Street America [2018-email-signature] [https://nthp-savingplaces.s3.amazonaws.com/2017/02/06/13/21/32/409/NTHP_LOGO_RGB_Tagline_email.png] [http://www.mainstreet.org/assets/design/images/logos/MainStreetCenter_LOGO_299.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Remember, submitting your reinvestment reports on time gets you 5 quality assurance points and missing three in a row gets you suspension from services until a reinvestment report is submitted. Milestones this Month: NONE 2017 Reinvestment Report Summary For the Month of August Reinvestment Summary Cumulative Current 2017 Total Month Y-T-D Private Sector Reinvestment $1,232,644,971 $924,804 $31,951,116 Public Improvement Projects $377,564,917 $413,317 $8,860,824 Total Reinvestment Spending $1,610,209,888 $1,338,121 $40,811,940 Number of Active Programs 27 Number of Associate Programs 2 Number of Aspiring Communities 28 Number of Outreach Activities 8 45 # of Façade Rehabilitations 4,821 15 101 # of Other Building Projects & New Constr. 8,928 21 139 # of Buildings Sold 3,187 5 73 Net Gain: Business Openings, Relocations & Expansions 5,385 14 104 Jobs 18,466 38 356 Volunteer Hours (since 2002) 1,400,541 7,339 44,417 The summary report is attached. 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Ha! A little Friday humor. FUNDING 1. Community Food Projects (CFP) Competitive Grants Program In FY 2018, NIFA's CFP intends to solicit applications and fund two types of grants. The types are entitled (1) Community Food Projects (CFP) and (2) Planning Projects (PP). The primary goals of the CFP are to: Meet the food needs of low-income individuals through food distribution, community outreach to assist in participation in Federally assisted nutrition programs, or improving access to food as part of a comprehensive service; Increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for the food needs of the communities; Promote comprehensive responses to local food access, farm, and nutrition issues; and Meet specific state, local or neighborhood food and agricultural needs including needs relating to: Equipment necessary for the efficient operation of a project; Planning for long-term solutions; or The creation of innovative marketing activities that mutually benefit agricultural producers and low-income consumers. Deadline: December 4, 2017. 2. 2017 (FY18) EPA ARC Grant Proposal Guidelines for Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup grants Proposals are due to EPA by November 16, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Click here for the proposal guidelines. 3. USDA's Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) Research has shown that farmers who offer value-added products have higher incomes. USDA's Value Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps Ag producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and/or marketing of new products. The goals of this program are to generate new products, create and expand marketing opportunities, and increase producer income. Grants are awarded through a national competition. Applicants may receive priority if they are a beginning farmer or rancher, a socially-disadvantaged farmer or rancher, a small or medium-sized farm or ranch structured as a family farm, a farmer or rancher cooperative, or are proposing a mid-tier value chain. 4. Community Facilities Fund (Rural LISC) Purpose: Rural LISC was recently approved as a USDA Community Facilities Re-lender. These loans fund construction of essential community facilities. Eligibility: Nonprofits or public entities in rural areas. Funding: $100,000 - $8 million. Deadline: Rolling. 5. Community Facilities Grant and Loan Program (USDA RD) Purpose: Provides affordable funding to develop essential community facilities, including local food system facilities, in rural areas with populations under 20,000. Funding: Varies. Eligibility: Public bodies, community-based nonprofits, federally-recognized Tribes. Priority is given to small communities (populations of 5,500 or less) and low-income communities. Deadline: Rolling. 6. Rural Business Development Grant (USDA RD) Purpose: Supports development of small rural businesses, including projects related to land acquisition/development, community economic development, and feasibility studies. Funding: $10,000 to $500,000. Eligibility: governments/authorities, nonprofits, universities, federally-recognized tribes, rural cooperatives. Deadline: Applications are accepted through local or state Rural Development offices once every year. 7. Whole Kids Foundation offers School Programs & Grants Purpose: Dedicated to growing healthier kids through better nutrition. * Salad Bar Grant Eligibility: Any district or independent school participating in the National School Lunch Program. Funding: See website. Deadline: See website. * Honey Bee Grant, Eligibility: School or non-profit organization. Funding: $300 to $1,500. Deadline: November 15, 2017. 8. School Fruit and Veggie Grants (Skoop and Chef Ann Foundation) Purpose: Awards school projects that help kids learn about and eat more fruits and vegetables. Sponsored by Skoop and Chef Ann Foundation. Eligibility: Schools participating in the National School Lunch Program. Schools with greater than 50% free and reduced eligible enrollment encouraged to apply. Funding: $2500/school. Deadline: Available until funding is depleted. 9. New! Integrated Food Defense Grant, (HHS/FDA) Purpose: To generate food defense tools and resources that are easily replicated and can complement, aid in the development of, and/or improve State, local, Tribal and territorial (SLTT) food defense programs through unique, innovative, and reproducible projects. Eligibility: City or township governments. Native American tribal governments, County governments and State governments. Funding: $10,000 to $100,000. Deadline: April 2, 2019. 10. FFAR Funding Opportunity: Tipping Points Pilot Program Purpose: To sustainably transform food systems to better promote health, equity, and economic opportunities by increasing fundamental understanding of these systems. Eligibility: Institutions of Higher Education, non-profit and for-profit organizations, government-affiliated researchers, and domestic organizations. Funding: up to $1,000,000. Deadline: November 27, 2017. 11. Developing Healthy Places Purpose: Kresge Foundation seeks to fund nonprofit or government initiatives that build healthier and more equitable food systems, transportation infrastructure, and land use. Eligibility: Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, government entities. Funding: Varies. Deadline: Rolling. 12. Surdna Foundation/Local and Regional Food Grants Purpose: Fund projects that develop regional food infrastructure, reduce barriers to access, strategize financing, or link organizations to more effectively advance regional food efforts. Preference is given to projects that address low-income communities of color and combine food supply efforts with infrastructure construction. Eligibility: Non-profit organizations. Funding: Need-based. Deadline: Rolling. 13. The Good Food Fund in Michigan Purpose: $30 million to supply loans, grants, and new market tax credits for the Good Food Sector. This grant prioritizes enterprises that serve low and moderate-income food-insecure Michigan communities. Sponsored by Fair Food Network, Capital Impact Partners, Michigan State University Center for Regional Food, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Funding: Varies. Eligibility: Good Food enterprises in Michigan that promote the aims of the Fair Food Network. Deadline: Rolling. 14. USDA's Small Business Innovation Research Program Purpose: To encourage domestic small business to engage in high -growth research and development that has the potential for commercialization and could lead to significant public benefit. Eligibility: Small businesses. Funding: up to $8,000,000 Deadline: October 5, 2017 15. USDA Specialty Crop Block Grants Purpose: Fund state departments of agriculture and multi- state projects that address regional or national specialty crop issues such as food safety; plant pests and disease; research; crop -specific projects addressing common issues; as well as marketing and promotion. Eligibility: State departments of agriculture. Funding: $7 million. Deadline: See website. 16. Organic Certification Cost Share Programs (USDA -AMS) Purpose: Helps cover organic certification -related expenses. Eligibility: Producers and handlers. Funding: Up to 75% of certification costs. Deadline: Check with state department of agriculture. 17. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Farmer Rancher Grant Program Purpose: Funds projects that research sustainable solutions to f arm management. Funding: up to $7,500 for individual projects and up to $22,500 for group projects. Deadline: Varies. 18. Farm Storage Facility Loans Purpose: Provides low -interest financing to build or upgrade permanent facilities to store or process agricultural products. Most recently, these loans made available funding for refrigerated vehicles. Funding: Up to $500,000 per loan. Eligibility: Please see eligibility requirements here. Deadline: Rolling. 19. USDA Microloans (USDA -FSA) Purpose: USDA's Farm Service Agency provides financial assistance for small, beginning farmer, niche and non -traditional farm ownership or operations. Non -traditional farm operations can include truck farms, farms, direct marketing farmers, Community Supported Agriculture, restaurants and grocery stores, or those using hydroponic, aquaponics, organic, and/or vertical growing methods. Eligibility: Please see website. Funding: Maximum of $50,000. Deadline: Rolling. 20. USDA EZ Guarantee Loans (USDA -FSA) Purpose: USDA's Farm Service Agency has streamlined this loan process for smaller scale farms and urban producers. The program provides $100,000 to help beginning, small underserved, and family farmers and ranchers to purchase farmland or finance agricultural operations. The USDA also added a new category of lenders, including microlenders. Eligibility: Please check with local FSA office. Funding: Up to $100,000 loan. Deadline: Rolling. 21. Farmers Advocating Organics Grant Program (Organic Valley Co -op) Purpose: Funds projects that conduct research, education, and advocacy to support organic farmers. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations and academic/research institutions. Funding: $5,000- $50,000. Deadline: Rolling. Grant applications are reviewed on February 15, 2018. 22. Local Agricultural Easement Purchase Program (Ohio Department of Agriculture) Funding: Varies. Eligibility: Land owners with greater than 40 acres of land in the State of Ohio. Land use must remain in agricultural production. Deadline: Rolling 23. New! EPA announces FY18 Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment Grants. Purpose: To provide funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. Eligibility: State, local, and tribal governments, government entities, land clearance authorities or other quasi-governmental entities operating under the control. Alaska Native Regional Corporations and Alaska Native Village Corporations. Click here for additional details. Funding: up to $33.5 million. Deadline: November 16, 2017. 24. New! FY18 Guidelines for Brownfields Cleanup Grants. Purpose: To provide funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. Eligibility: Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity, Indian tribes, Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government, Redevelopment Agency that is chartered. See website for additional details. Funding: up to $200,000. Deadline: November 16, 2017. 25. New! FY18 Guidelines for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants. Purpose: To provide funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofits to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. Eligibility: Land Clearance Authority or another quasi-governmental entity, Indian tribes, Regional Council or group of General Purpose Units of Local Government, Redevelopment Agency that is chartered. See website for additional details. Funding: up to $1 million. Deadline: December 16, 2017. 26. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Purpose: To support organizations lead by low-income individuals as they work to break the cycle of poverty and improve their communities. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that support the moral and social teachings of the Catholic Church. Funding: $25,000 and $75,000. Deadline: November 1, 2017. 27. New! Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) 2018 Culture of Health Prize. Purpose: To recognize communities that have placed a priority on health and are creating powerful partnerships and deep commitments that will enable everyone, especially those facing the greatest barriers to good health, the opportunity to live well. Funding: $25,000. Eligibility: U.S. communities. See website for details. Deadline: November 3, 2017. Location: varies, see website. 28. New! USDA (NIFA) announces Community Food Projects (CFP) Competitive Grants Program. Purpose: Meet the needs of low-income people by increasing access to fresher, more nutritious food supplies. Increase the self-reliance of communities in providing for their own food needs. Eligibility: Public food program service providers, tribal organizations, or private nonprofit entities, including gleaners. Funding: up to $8,640,000. Deadline: December 4, 2017. 29. Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs (Economic Development Administration) Purpose: Construction, non-construction, and revolving loan fund investments to support regional economic development strategies. Eligibility: Nonprofit organizations, Native American tribal organizations, institutions of higher education, governments. Funding: $100,000 - $3 million. Deadline: Rolling. 30. How to Use CDBG for Public Service Activities, is a four-module video on the Community Development Block Grant's eligible and ineligible public service activities, how to ensure a public service program meets a CDBG national objective, and considerations for building an effective public service program to maximize the positive impacts in a community. PUBLICATIONS 1. Jennifer Meta Robinson (Indiana University-Anthropology) and James Farmer (Indiana University-School of Public Health-Bloomington) will discuss their recently published book, Selling Local-Why Local Food Movements Matter. Selling Local draws on many years of fieldwork and experience to discuss (1) the broader impacts of local food movements on communities and individuals, (2) new manifestations and improvements, and (3) a systems approach for future research on local food systems. EVENTS/LEARNING 1. Oklahoma Date Center Connect The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and our SDC/BIDC Affiliate partners will meet on December 5 at the Moore Norman Technology Center. Learn about rural demographic trends from the Census Bureau as well as programs and tools addressing some of the challenges and opportunities in rural areas. Topics will include the 2020 Census, data and trends from Census Bureau, as well as CDBG, REAP, EDIF and CIP programs, business attraction, retail development, tribal collaboration, broadband, and development finance in rural areas. Registration and conference agenda coming soon at okcommerce.gov/connect. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: