<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Karen Jewett <<a href="mailto:Karen@sustainabletompkins.org">Karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 15, 2012 12:14:47 PM EDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Sustainability in Tompkins County <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jake Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:sustainability.jake@gmail.com">sustainability.jake@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grant--Call for Proposals</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div>Proposals are due June 1 for Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants.<br><br> The March round of Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-grants are already at work in our community supporting:<br><br> A <b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></b><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">small scale biochar kiln for production and educational purposes in Freeville. </font><br> Tools, materials and plants for New Roots Charter School's Farm to School Farm Plot<br> Village at Ithaca's Family Advocacy Project<br> Historic Ithaca/Significant Elements Southside Beautification Project for a bike rack, fencing and plants<br> Ithaca Freeskool Calendars and other printed materials <br> A new food scale for Caroline Food Pantry's Plant a Row for the Hungry Project <br> A deer resistant ornamental garden at Dewitt Middle School<br> An expansion of the Volunteer Stream Monitoring in the Cayuga-Catatonk watershed<br> The Tompkins Co Public Library's Ithaca Festival Mural<br><br>We're looking forward to providing seed monies for more projects like these and we're calling on local citizens and grassroots groups to submit applications by June 1, 2012.<br> <br>The Neighborhood Mini-grant Program is now in its fifth year and has provided seed funding to 71 projects in nearly every corner of Tompkins County. Applications for the next round of grants are due on June 1 and all residents, citizen groups, and non-profit organizations of Tompkins County are eligible to apply. Proposals must demonstrate a community benefit. Awards range from $150 to $750. Projects funded in the last 12 months (since June 2011) are not eligible. To obtain an application form, make a donation in support of the program, or get more information, contact Karen Jewett email <a href="mailto:karen@sustainabletompkins.org">karen@sustainabletompkins.org</a> or call <a href="tel:%28607%29%20216-1552" value="+16072161552" target="_blank">(607) 216-1552</a>.<br> <br>Sustainable Tompkins is a citizen-based organization whose mission is to promote the long-term well being of our communities and region by integrating social equity, economic vitality, ecological stewardship, and personal and civic responsibility. Their office is located at 109 South Albany St. in Ithaca. Visit <a href="http://www.sustainabletompkins.org" target="_blank">www.sustainabletompkins.org</a> for more details.<br> <br>Suzanne Aigen of Aigen Financial Group and gifts from community members make this round of Neighborhood Mini-grants possible. She stepped forward to support the program in its mission to provide “seed monies” to community groups who have a good idea to promote sustainability in their community.<br> <br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Karen Jewett<br>Director of Operations<br>Sustainable Tompkins<br>109 S. Albany St.<br>Ithaca, NY 14850<br><a href="tel:607-216-1552" value="+16072161552" target="_blank">607-216-1552</a><br><br> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>