<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Gay Nicholson <<a href="mailto:gaynicholson@gmail.com">gaynicholson@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Neighborhood Mini-grant application deadline December 1</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">November 12, 2016 8:36:46 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">tc-hsc-l <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Gay Nicholson <<a href="mailto:gaynicholson@gmail.com">gaynicholson@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><span>Do you</span> have an idea for a project to <span>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 <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Neighborhood</span> <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Mini</span>-<span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">grants</span>. Applications are due by Decem</span>ber 1.<br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span><span style="font-family:times"><a href="http://hhttps//sustainabletompkins.org/programs/neighborhood-mini-grant-program/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(23,72,138);font-family:helvetica">The Sustain</span></a></span><span style="font-family:times"><a href="http://hhttps//sustainabletompkins.org/programs/neighborhood-mini-grant-program/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(23,72,138);font-family:helvetica">able Tompkins <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Neighborhood</span> <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Mini</span>-gra<wbr>nt program</span></a> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">provides support for</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica;background-color:rgb(242,242,213)"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">initiatives promoting environmental sustainability and social and economic vitality in Tompkins County. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Grants</span> 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, so</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">cial justice, and community building. Proposals are reviewe</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">d quarterly by a team of community members. Sponsored by Park Foundation, Beck Equipment, Natural Investments, Finger Lakes Wealth Management, and local supporters.<span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">Individuals, organizations, and <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">neighborhood</span> 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 ˇBiciCocina! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">Two of the September 2016 Mini-grants were awarded to businesses. With their grants, <a href="http://www.lunafiberstudio.com/about/" target="_blank">Luna Fiber Studio</a> will buy equipment for courses and workshops in textile weaving and dying with locally-produced dyes, and Quinn Energy LLC will hold free <a href="http://www.quinnenergy.com/quinn-talks/2016/9/22/wiub3bxp3tgm4j9nw9ry6wbehfy4au" target="_blank">SOUTH SUP Community Meals</a> 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 <a href="http://ithacavoice.com/2016/03/39959/" target="_blank">Dish Truck</a> 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. </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">Applications are </span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">due by <u>Decembe</u></span><u>r 1, 2016</u><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">. To request an application form, or if you have questions, please contact me at sasha@S</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><a href="http://ustainableTompkins.org">ustainableTompkins.org</a>.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><br></span></span></p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style=""><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt">Sasha Paris</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style=""><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:10pt"><span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Neighborhood</span> <span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">Mini</span>-<span class="m_429744347813956841gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il">grant</span> Coordi<wbr>nator<br>Sustainable Tompkins<br></span>309 N. Aurora Street<br>Ithaca, NY 14850</span><br><a href="http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff">www.sustainabletompkins.org</font></a><br>Office phone: <a href="tel:607-272-1720" value="+16072721720" target="_blank">607-272-1720</a> </div><div><a href="mailto:sasha@sustainabletompkins.org" target="_blank">sasha@sustainabletompkins.org</a> </div><div><br></div><div><i style="font-size:12.72px">Are you a member of Sustainable Tompkins? 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