[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Neighborhood Mini-grant application deadline December 1

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: Gay Nicholson <gaynicholson at gmail.com>
> Subject: Neighborhood Mini-grant application deadline December 1
> Date: November 12, 2016 8:36:46 PM EST
> To: tc-hsc-l <TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: Gay Nicholson <gaynicholson at gmail.com>
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> Do you have an idea for a project to make our community more resilient or more inclusive? Need a little help in covering the costs?  Sustainable Tompkins is accepting applications for our winter round of Neighborhood Mini-grants. Applications are due by December 1.
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> The Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grant program provides support for initiatives promoting environmental sustainability and social and economic vitality in Tompkins County. 
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> Grants range from $150-$750 and have been awarded to diverse entities for locally-based initiatives supporting sustainable food systems, alternative transportation, waste reduction, energy conservation, renewable energy production, environmental education, social justice, and community building. Proposals are reviewed quarterly by a team of community members. Sponsored by Park Foundation, Beck Equipment, Natural Investments, Finger Lakes Wealth Management, and local supporters.
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> Individuals, organizations, and neighborhood groups are welcome to apply, as are modest-income owners of micro-enterprises seeking to green their operations or extend their services to low-income clientele. The program was recently expanded to include small local businesses, beginning in December 2015 with an award supporting the purchase of an electric cargo bike by mobile food vendor ¡BiciCocina! 
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> Two of the September 2016 Mini-grants were awarded to businesses. With their grants, Luna Fiber Studio will buy equipment for courses and workshops in textile weaving and dying with locally-produced dyes, and Quinn Energy LLC will hold free SOUTH SUP Community Meals at the Southside Community Center on especially cold days this winter to reduce the neighborhood's energy usage during such times of peak demand. Three more grants were awarded to organizations, supporting the purchase of additional durable dishware for Dish Truck to lend and wash at local events in lieu of disposable ones, a community meal hosted by Dryden Community Garden for seeking new leadership, and herbivore fencing for the Enfield Elementary School garden that will allow Cornell Cooperative Extension to provide afterschool programs on growing food crops. 
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> Applications are due by December 1, 2016. To request an application form, or if you have questions, please contact me at sasha at SustainableTompkins.org.
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> Sasha Paris
> Neighborhood Mini-grant Coordinator
> Sustainable Tompkins
> 309 N. Aurora Street
> Ithaca, NY 14850
> www.sustainabletompkins.org
> Office phone: 607-272-1720 
> sasha at sustainabletompkins.org 
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