The agreement provides funding to the environmental health coalition (ECH)

EHC's project will address the environmental injustice in the neighborhoods of barrio logan and logan heights in the city of SAN diego. Through this project, logan stakeholders will collaborate on identifying and advancing climate solutions including tree canopy and green infrastructure, transit access and mobility enhancement, home weatherization and solarization, and solar-powered community microgrids. Broadly referred to as 'logan,' the neighborhood was once a unified community before a freeway separated the area into two distinct neighborhoods. The logan area is within the top 3% disadvantaged communities according to calenviroscreen 4.0, and the SAN diego community most impacted by and vulnerable to pollution and climate change. This project will reinvigorate the logan neighborhood, preserving culture, improving quality of life, and developing climate resiliency. This cooperative agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $500,000. Preaward costs are approved back to november 1, 2024. See terms and conditions.activities:the activities to achieve each of their objectives are listed as follows: for objective 1, this includes reaching out to 500 residents through community education and partner outreach, establishing and convening the community advisory board, and establishing joint communications and outreach plan which include shared materials (flyers, handouts, social media posts, brochures). For objective 2, this includes training for grassroots organizations to prepare for long-term and successful engagement in the partnership; training for grassroots organizations to manage federal awards, joint identification and applications to funding sources for project advancement, joint identification of new potential partners and projects in the area, and engagement of new local elected officials and decision-making entities in the partnership and projects. For objective 3, this includes increasing tree canopy and green space in the logan neighborhood for recreation, air filtration, and cooling benefits by finalizing list of potential tree planting locations, collaboration with the city arborist to select the tree varieties with the most GHG capture and shade potential and establishing plan for maintenance for the trees. Completion of objective 3 will eventually result in planting 500 trees in the project area and ensuring completion of phase 1 of new boston avenue linear park in the project area. Finally for objective 4, EHC and their partners will develop plans to decrease air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in the neighborhood by transitioning area vehicles to electric and diminishing reliance on dirty energy sources, to establish an electric shuttle between important locations in the community, to procure zero-emission buses for metropolitan transit system fleet, to monitor and advance timely implementation of projects that advance clean air in the project communities, to ensure policies and projects in the project area align with and contribute to implementation of regional air pollution reduction plans, and to assist in the identification and acquisition of governmental funding for clean air projects in the project area.subrecipient:EHC has 3 subawardees: logan heights community development corporation (CDC) or other partner to be identified will work to ensure that any projects developed in the community do not contribute to gentrification and displacement, and to ensure that there is strong community voice in the partnership; university of SAN diego will provide training, resources and supports to the nonprofits in the partnership so they can effectively engage in the stakeholder structure, and receive and manage private, federal, and state funding opportunities as they arise; and finally a new project partner(S) (to be identified based on community input) will support engagement in the stakeholde