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Community Planning
2008 Sustainable Communities’ Implementation Grant Program
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Municipal Land Use Center at The College of New Jersey Sustainable Communities’ Implementation Grant Program
Granting Program Overview:
The Municipal Land Use Center at the College of New Jersey with generous support from the Geraldine R Dodge Foundation is proud to offer a $15,000 matching grant program to New Jersey municipalities through its Sustainable Communities’ Implementation Grant Program. The goal of the grant program is to support municipalities that have shown leadership, vision and commitment to creating sustainable community plans and programs. Municipalities that are taking on the tough sustainability challenge understand the value and benefit of linking their economic, social and environmental systems to meet their needs and those of future generations. This grant program will allow municipalities that have started the process of defining their sustainable future to begin to implement sustainable actions.
Through this competitive grant solicitation, MLUC hopes to expand the number of community sustainability programs from which other New Jersey municipalities can learn.
Eligibility Requirements: Municipal governments are the eligible grant applicants. Collaboration with schools and academic institutions, business and civic organizations, local and regional nonprofit organizations, county government and state agencies is strongly encouraged. Applicants who demonstrate strong collaborative proposals will be given bonus points in the evaluation process.
Available Funding: Approximately $75,000 in grant funding will be awarded through the “Sustainable Communities’ Implementation Grant Program.” Maximum grant funding for projects submitted is $15,000.
Matching Requirements: A mandatory match of $7,500 is required. Up to 50% of the match may be provided through in-kind contributions. This match may include in-kind participation by municipal staff and professionals; municipal in-kind contribution of direct costs (such as printing, postage, and mapping and data analysis). The source of all matching funds must be identified. The total grant budget should show the sources of funding- both in-kind and cash contributions, and these sources must meet the $7,500 match requirement. Total project budgets would be a $15,000 grant and $7,500 local match for a project total of $22,500.
Cloud Institute- NJ Learns Leadership Training Sustainability Education
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The Cloud Institute is recruiting K-12 educators and community leadership teams to participate in a pilot sustainability education program
Thanks to a generous grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education has designed a program that will contribute to New Jersey’s capacity to educate for sustainability through leadership training for interested teams of stakeholders from selected communities around the state. The NJ Learns Leadership Training is designed to prepare educators, trainers and organizational/municipal/community leaders to introduce their constituents to sustainability and education for sustainability, and to provide the opportunity for their participants to develop a rationale for participating in the shift toward a sustainable future. Communities are invited to bring together a team of 2-5 participants to participate in the NJ Learns Leadership Training. The NJ Learns Leadership Training is one of a series of efforts in New Jersey to link learning associated with sustainable community development with teaching and learning in our schools K-12.
Applications are due by March 14th 2008.
Please direct any questions to Leah Mayor, Program Manager at The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education, Phone 212.645.9930 ext 824, email leah@sustainabiliyted.org, www.cloudinstitute.org
Articles/Documents
Resources
New Green Building & Sustainable Communities Resources
New Jersey Specific Resources
- Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions
- Smart Growth Ombudsman
- Office of Smart Growth - NJ Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA)
- Smart Growth Gateway
- Welcome to Garden State Greenways
- New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
- The League of Women Voters in New Jersey
- New Jersey State League of Municipalities
- Plan Endorsement Guidelines (PDF) , NJ State Planning Commission, Office of Smart Growth
- Council on Affordable Housing-NJDCA
- Community Forestry Program - NJ Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Division of Parks and Forestry
- Environmental Services Program - NJDEP
- NJ Historic Preservation Office - NJDEP
- New Jersey Geological Survey - NJDEP
- American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter
- New Jersey Environmental Digital Library
- New Jersey Audubon Society
- New Jersey Conservation Foundation
Regional Resources
- Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
- Regional Plan Association
- i-Map Delaware River Basin - Delaware River Basin Commission
National Green & Sustainable Resources
- Glynwood Center
- Sustainable Communities Network
- Sustainable Building Resource Directory
- Toolbase Services
- Green Communities - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education
National Community Planning Resources
- Southern Tier Central: Regional Planning and Development Board
- Michigan Land Use Institute
- Kids and Community - American Planning Association
- Environmental Justice Through Pollution Prevention Program (PDF)- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- Heritage Conservancy - Services and Projects
- Low Impact Development Center
- Sonoran Institute
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources - Tools for Preserving Barns
- National Trust Main Street Center
- PlannersWeb & Planning Commissioners Journal
- Local Government Commission
- National Multi Housing Council
- National Conference of State Legislators - Healthy Community Design Legislation Database
- International City/County Management Association - Community and Economic Development
- Active Living By Design
Smart Growth
Low Impact Development (LID)