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$100,000 Our Town Grant Awarded to National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations
Connecting nonprofit community developers and artists to uplift low-income communities is the purpose of a $100,000 Our Town grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA). The NEA initiated a national field-building component to its Our Town program for the first time in its history in 2015. NACEDA is one of five national organizations receiving these first-time field building awards.
The mission of the NEA’s Our Town grant program is to transform communities into lively, beautiful and resilient places with the arts at their core. NACEDA will use its Our Town grant to develop systematic approaches to engaging nonprofit community developers in creative placemaking with arts-based associations.
“The arts reveal the heart and soul of our nation,” said Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Julían Castro. “We’re proud to work with the NEA to create neighborhoods of opportunity where culture is honored and creativity can flourish. Together with our partners, we’ll give more Americans the chance to experience life in a vibrant and thriving community.”
“The community development and arts fields already work together to improve low-income neighborhoods, but they approach the work differently and, too often, separately,” stated NACEDA Executive Director Frank Woodruff. “By bringing together community developers and artists as creative placemaking partners with shared goals, we will forge strong relationships that promote physical, social and civic transformation in low-income communities.”
NACEDA will partner with Americans for the Arts to develop creative placemaking immersion programs in at least three regions of the country. The programs will facilitate relationship building while providing training and technical assistance to community developers and artists.
“To the NEA, the future of creative placemaking relies on investing in partnerships that embed the arts in long-term community develop-ment,” said NEA Director of Design Programs Jason Schupbach. “The NACEDA and Americans for the Arts partnership exemplifies a new and exciting approach to this work and we look forward to sharing the results of their project with the field.”
NACEDA will provide approximately $69,000 in technical assistance, resources, and training to facilitate at least three regional creative placemaking immersion programs among their members. NACEDA and Americans for the Arts will issue a request for proposals to NACEDA members in Summer 2016 that encourages strong participation with local and regional arts partners. The two national membership organizations will launch the program with a national scan of creative placemaking knowledge and relationships pertinent to community development practitioners and their arts-based partners.
“Creative placemaking is a vital mechanism utilizing the transformative power of the arts to create and sustain a place that residents and businesses can not only be proud of, but enthusiastically call home,” said Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts. “We look forward to working with NACEDA to develop these programs, which will benefit local businesses, create local jobs, boost tourism revenue, and improve the quality of life for residents.”
NACEDA Board Member Jamie Schriner-Hooper, Executive Director of the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, commented, “The state of Michigan has invested significant time and resources in placemaking, including arts-centered creative place-making, to improve our great state for people of all backgrounds. This new partnership will bring national resources to communities in a valuable and collaborative new way.”
The NEA announced 69 Our Town awards totaling almost $5 million today. For a complete listing of projects recommended for Our Town grant support, visit the NEA web site at www.arts.gov. Project descriptions, grants listed by state and by project type, and resources are available as well. The NEA’s online resource, Exploring Our Town, features case studies of more than 70 Our Town projects along with lessons learned and other resources. The Twitter hashtag is #NEAOurTown15.
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July 23, 2015
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In 2006, Seawall Development Company undertook the redevelopment of a vacant manufacturing building in the heart of Remington, a blighted Baltimore neighborhood. With the help of New Markets Tax Credit financing from Enterprise Community Partners, the newly formed development company launched the Miller’s Court project with four ambitious goals:
In June 2015, Miller’s Court won the prestigious Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence. Join Thibault Manekin of Seawall Development Company and Elaine DiPietro of Enterprise Community Investment as they discuss the impact of Miller’s Court on Baltimore’s Remington neighborhood, and the important role that the New Markets Tax Credit plays in promoting investment in distressed communities. The webinar will also feature the newly created Impact Case Study that documents the impact of Miller’s Court in its first five years of operation.
The Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is pleased to announce the availability of up to $12 million* in local and federal funds for the development of affordable housing in Fairfax County. The available funding is provided to further the goals of the FY 2016 Housing Blueprint, consistent with the strategies outlined in Fairfax County’s Strategic Plan for Economic Success.
There are two separate applications:
Responses to Questions on draft RFP for Capital Funds
On June 19, 2015, the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) released for comment a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for a total of up to $12 million in local and federal funds for affordable housing development. HCD hosted a “Developer Dialogue” on June 22, and received comments and questions through June 29. The responses to questions received during the comment period, including at the Developer Dialogue event, are available here.
PROJECT-BASED VOUCHERS
Request for Proposals (RFP) for up to 75 Project Based Voucher Applications – Deadline September 1, 2015
HCD is also pleased to announce the availability of up to 75 federal Project Based Vouchers. This is a separate competition from that being held for the capital funds described above. The vouchers will be for existing scattered site or multi-family developments or acquisitions consistent with the Housing Blueprint. Priority needs include, but are not limited to, extremely low-income and homeless families and veterans, youth aging out of foster care, victims of domestic violence and persons with disabilities.
The application materials for the Project Based Voucher competition may be found here. Applications are due no later than 4 p.m. on September 1st, 2015.
PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE
A pre-proposal conference on both application processes will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 10, 2015 in the HCD Center Conference Room, in the Offices of the Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), 3700 Pender Drive, Fairfax. SPACE IS LIMITED – Please RSVP by email to rha@fairfaxcounty.gov no later than July 8, 2015.
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