Purpose of award (summary of the goals and objectives of the project):the goal of this project is to support the development of the existing groundwork trusts, localgroundwork affiliates, through…

Purpose of award (summary of the goals and objectives of the project):the goal of this project is to support the development of the existing groundwork trusts, localgroundwork affiliates, through training, information sharing, networking and sharing of bestpractices across the network for undertaking community led projects and programs to improveaccess to parks, recreation and conserved natural resources and reuse brownfields for communitybenefit.project objectives are to plan the participation of groundwork network staff and board members intraining programs as part of the groundwork assembly, the national meeting of the groundworknetwork.summary of project specific activities:under this task agreement, groundwork USA will begin preparing and planning for the annualconvening of groundwork trusts across the country. Groundwork USA will develop an agendafor the groundwork national assembly, with input from the NPS and groundwork network, anddevelop plans to execute that agenda (preparing for presentations, panels, workgroups, local fieldtrips, etc.). We will also plan for all guest accommodations and organize local transportation.performance goals including milestones and expected outcomes:performance goal 1: to develop an agenda for the event that meets the needs of thegroundwork network staff and board.milestones:- engage partners and groundwork network for input (july-august 2022)- develop draft agenda and share for review and refinement (august 2022)o avoid acronyms or federal or agency-specific terminology, and include a plain languagedescription award purpose, activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, andintended beneficiary(IES).o the awarding officer is the responsible grantsolutions role to verify the project abstractsummary is complete and accurate prior to releasing the awardo character limitation: 1500 characters and use 12 point font and times new roman- finalize agenda and arrange for guest speakers and other presenters according to agenda(september - october 2022)expected outcome: a robust event agenda that responds to the training and developmentneeds of groundwork trusts.performance goal 2:organize all accommodations for participants.milestones:- finalize lodging arrangements for attendees (july 2022)- finalize local transportation arrangements (july/august 2022)expected outcome: efficient and easy navigation of event lodging and transportationarrangements.beneficiaries:- groundwork network staff and boards and the local communities they serve across thecountry.