[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Neighborhood Mini-Grant application deadline June 1

[Shira Evergreen]

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> From: Sasha Paris <sasha at sustainabletompkins.org>
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] Neighborhood Mini-Grant application deadline June 1
> Date: May 9, 2017 4:57:14 PM EDT
> To: sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu>
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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 summer round of Neighborhood Mini-Grants. Applications are due June 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. The program is sponsored by the Park Foundation, Beck Equipment, Natural Investments, Finger Lakes Wealth Management, Craig Riecke, and local donors.
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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. 
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> Successful initiatives supported by Neighborhood Mini-Grants in 2016 include the creation of a "pop-up" farmers' market in Freeville, bike rack installation at the Friends of the Tompkins County Public Library book sale headquarters, and the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute's third annual public tour of regional farms and gardens. Mini-Grants were most recently awarded to the Finger Lakes Toy Library for creating a mobile pop-up station, Coddington Road Community Center for an Earth Day Celebration, Groton Public Library for monthly community meals discussing issues of local access to food, and Groundswell Center for Local Food and Farming for facility rental at the Farm to Plate Conference held in Ithaca May 11-13. 
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> Applications are due on or before June 1, 2017. 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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