FY17 Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant Competition: Get started early on preparing your proposal!
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ANNOUNCING New Request for Proposals- FY 2015 Brownfield Area-Wide Planning (BF AWP) Grant Guidelines
EPA is announcing the availability of funding to eligible entities who wish to develop an area-wide plan for brownfield assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. This funding is for research, technical assistance, and/or training activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area (such as a neighborhood, district, local commercial corridor, community waterfront or city block). Each project funded under this grant must result in an area-wide plan which includes specific plan implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing the brownfield site(s) as well as related brownfield and project area revitalization strategies. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each. Please note that applicants who received a BF AWP grant from EPA in Fiscal Year 2010 or 2013 (FY10 or FY13) are not eligible to apply under this competition. The proposal submission deadline is September 22, 2014.
EPA anticipates that the next Brownfields Area-Wide Planning (BF AWP) grant competition will open later this spring. The Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released via www.grants.gov. Recognizing that some applicants find it difficult to prepare a BF AWP grant proposal within the typical amount of time (60 days) that the RFP allows until proposals are due, EPA is sharing information on how applicants can get started early on proposal preparation and thewww.grants.gov submission process.
There are several activities that applicants can work on now, in advance of the RFP being made publicly available, that will support both proposal development and the www.grants.govproposal submission. Please review both documents below. EPA hopes this information will help applicants prepare a thorough, well-organized, and timely proposal submission.
There are several activities that applicants can work on now, in advance of the RFP being made publicly available, that will support both proposal development and the www.grants.govproposal submission. Please review both documents below. EPA hopes this information will help applicants prepare a thorough, well-organized, and timely proposal submission.
- Getting Started Early - Preparing your FY17 BF AWP Grant Proposal in advance of the RFP
- Tips for submitting FY17 BF AWP Proposals through www.grants.gov
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ANNOUNCING New Request for Proposals- FY 2015 Brownfield Area-Wide Planning (BF AWP) Grant Guidelines
EPA is announcing the availability of funding to eligible entities who wish to develop an area-wide plan for brownfield assessment, cleanup, and subsequent reuse. This funding is for research, technical assistance, and/or training activities directed to one or more brownfield site(s) located in a specific area (such as a neighborhood, district, local commercial corridor, community waterfront or city block). Each project funded under this grant must result in an area-wide plan which includes specific plan implementation strategies for assessing, cleaning up, and reusing the brownfield site(s) as well as related brownfield and project area revitalization strategies. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 20 projects in total, funded at up to $200,000 each. Please note that applicants who received a BF AWP grant from EPA in Fiscal Year 2010 or 2013 (FY10 or FY13) are not eligible to apply under this competition. The proposal submission deadline is September 22, 2014.
o FY2015 Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Grant Guidelines (PDF) (57 pp, 695KB)
o Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) (27 pp, 417KB)
o Guidelines Outreach Webinars: EPA will provide two guidelines outreach webinars. The same information will be presented at each webinar. Webinar times/dates:
§ July 30, 2014 from 12:30 - 1:30pm EDT. Join the webinar athttps://epa.connectsolutions.com/fy15bfawpgrant1/, audio at 1-866-299-3188 (code 202-566-0633#)
§ August 14, 2014 from 2 - 3:00pm EDT. Join the webinar athttps://epa.connectsolutions.com/fy15bfawpgrant2/, audio at 1-866-299-3188 (code 202-566-0633#)
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o More information on EPA’s BF AWP Grant program is athttp://www.epa.gov/brownfields/areawide_grants.htm
Brownfield Area-Wide Planning Federal Coordination Webinars (http://www.clu-in.org/live/archive/)
These webinars highlight programs from Federal agencies that can help communities implement their community revitalization and redevelopment projects. The sessions were designed to enable brownfield communities to become more familiar with how Federal agencies operate locally and how their resources may be accessed/used.
Link to CLU-IN webinar archives: http://www.clu-in.org/live/archive/. The 5 webinars that are archived are:
- March 7, 2011: Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Webinar 1 (overview presentation of Federal resources)
- April 27, 2011: Area-Wide Planning Coordination Opportunities (presentation on DOT/ FTA & FHWA programs and resources)
- May 5, 2011: Area-Wide Planning Coordination Opportunities: Economic Development Administration and US Dept of Agriculture
- June 29, 2011: Area-Wide Planning: Coordination Opportunities with HUD
- February 8, 2012: Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Federal Resources - 2012 Update
- Atlanta, GA (PDF) (1 pg, 182K)
- Aurora, CO (PDF) (1 pg, 182K)
- Cleveland, OH (PDF) (1 pg, 183K)
- Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, CA (PDF) (1 pg, 227K)
- Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, WA (PDF) (1 pg, 195K)
- Denver, CO (PDF) (1 pg, 181K)
- Desarrollo Integral del Sur, Inc. (for Municipalities of Peñuelas and Guayanilla, PR) (PDF) (1 pg, 206K)
- Spanish Page http://www.disur.org/es/node/271
- English Page http://www.disur.org/en/node/285
- Goshen, IN (PDF) (1 pg, 139K)
- http://www.development-concepts.com/goshen
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/9th-Street-Corridor-Planning-Project/147459311988761
- Ironbound Community Corporation, Newark, NJ (PDF) (1 pg, 196K)
- Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation, San Diego, CA (PDF) (1 pg, 197K)
- Kalispell, MT (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
- Kansas City, MO (PDF) (1 pg, 191K)
- Lowell, MA (PDF) (1 pg, 189K)
- Monaca, PA (PDF) (1 pg, 204K)
- San Francisco Parks Alliance (formerly Neighborhood Parks Council), CA(PDF) (1 pg, 199K)
- New Bern, NC (PDF) (1 pg, 201K)
- Ogdensburg, NY (PDF) (1 pg, 212K)
- Phoenix, AZ (PDF) (1 pg, 193K)
- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (for Chicopee, MA) (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
- Ranson, WV (PDF) (1 pg, 198K)
- Roanoke, VA (PDF) (1 pg, 197K)
- Sanford, ME (PDF) (1 pg, 200K)
- Tulsa, OK (PDF) (1 pg, 201K)
2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Request for Proposals — Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program
- Frequently Asked Questions — (UPDATED 5-24-10) Request for Proposals (RFP) - Questions and Answers (PDF) (18 pp, 100K)