Project Grant AM190100XXXXG178

This $132,400 cooperative agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 supports the Brownfields Job Training Program. The City of East Point, Georgia will train 20 students in three cohorts over six months each to gain skills in environmental remediation and wastewater management. Training modules will cover topics such as self-knowledge, communication, problem solving, and career preparation. The program aims to place program graduates in environmental remediation...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $295,522 Project Grant to Small Places doing business as Finca Tres Robles through the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA 10.935). The grant will support the PROJECT CAPTAN initiative from April 2023 to July 2025. PROJECT CAPTAN aims to increase food access, community-based agricultural production, and farmer training in Houston's East End community through establishing community gardens and farms. The...

This Project Grant award, provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727), will deliver $5,000,000.00 in funding to the City of Atlanta Department of Grants Community Development Division to support comprehensive urban forestry initiatives. The award, effective August 11, 2024, with a completion date of August 10, 2029, will enable the City of Atlanta to plan, establish, manage, and...

The Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $240,955 Project Grant to Harris County, Texas under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production federal grant program (CFDA #10.935). The grant will support efforts to accelerate existing and emerging models of urban, indoor, and other agricultural practices that serve multiple farmers or gardeners through October 2025. Specifically, funding will encourage and promote innovative production methods like...

This $840,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments region through June 2025. The region comprises Ashtabula, Mahoning, and Trumbull Counties in Ohio. Under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302), Eastgate Regional Council of Governments will lead...

This $300,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA 10.935) will support Augusta Locally Grown Inc. in strengthening the local food system in Georgia. The awardee will enhance urban farmer business practices and agricultural production by providing education to urban farmers with little to no agricultural or business experience. This will help them transition from living in...

This $544,549 project grant awarded on September 15, 2023 by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) will fund Florida International University (FIU) to demonstrate the influence of crop rotation and cover crops on urban agriculture farms through sensor and geospatial technologies. The 3-year project aims to optimize environmental benefits on eligible urban lands by promoting agricultural production, forest management,...

The Fertile Ground Conservancy received a $278,531.10 Project Grant award from the United States Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service to operate the Viveros Educational Farm in East Palo Alto, California. The grant was awarded on August 26, 2022 under the Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production program (CFDA #10.935), with a completion date of September 30, 2025. The Viveros Educational Farm will tackle food insecurity in East Palo Alto through urban agricultural...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $439,100 Project Grant to Environmental Community Action, Inc. (Eco-Action), a non-profit organization in Atlanta, Georgia, under the Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program (CFDA 10.727). The grant funds the expansion of Eco-Action's Atlanta Watershed Learning Network, which provides urban and community forestry training and implements tree planting programs in underserved Atlanta neighborhoods. The project...

This $420,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Cleveland, Polk, McDowell, and Rutherford Counties in North Carolina by the Isothermal Planning and Development Commission. Through the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the EDA provides assistance to create regional economic development plans to guide...