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Apply for Technical Assistance to Create Walkable, Healthy, Vibrant Communities

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) invites communities to apply for technical assistance through three programs that create economic opportunities, make neighborhoods more walkable, help people live healthier lives, and revitalize downtowns and neighborhoods.

  • Local Foods, Local Places helps communities create walkable, healthy, economically vibrant neighborhoods through the development of local food systems. This initiative is supported by EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the Delta Regional Authority.

    Learn how to apply for the Local Foods, Local Places Program
     
  • Cool & Connected helps small towns use broadband service to revitalize small-town main streets and promote economic development. The initiative is supported by EPA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, and the Appalachian Regional Commission.

    Learn how to apply for the Cool & Connected Program
     
  • Healthy Places for Healthy People is a new program to help communities partner with community health centers (including Federally Qualified Health Centers), nonprofit hospitals, and other health care facilities to create walkable, healthy, economically vibrant places. The program is supported by EPA and the Appalachian Regional Commission. Under this program, communities will receive planning assistance to develop action plans focusing on health as an economic driver and catalyst for downtown and neighborhood revitalization. Healthy Places for Healthy People will focus on communities that are economically challenged, including those in rural Appalachia.

    Learn how to apply for the Healthy Places for Healthy People Program

Eligibility: See each program's application for specific eligibility requirements.

Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EST on November 6, 2016.

How to apply: Submit a completed application and optional letters of support (see each program's application for specific instructions).

EPA will host a webinar to explain more about these programs on October 20, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. EST. Information about registering for the webinar will be posted on our Smart Growth website soon.


 
            
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