<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></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;">Sasha Paris <<a href="mailto:sasha@sustainabletompkins.org">sasha@sustainabletompkins.org</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>[sustainable_tompkins-l] Neighborhood Mini-Grant application deadline June 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;">May 9, 2017 4:57:14 PM EDT<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;"><a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.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;">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><font face="Helvetica">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 <span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-m_-1279608324585955424gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-il">Neighborhood</span></span> <span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-m_-1279608324585955424gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-il">Mini</span></span>-G<span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-m_-1279608324585955424gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-il">rants</span></span>. Applications are due June 1.<br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span><span style="font-family:times"><font color="#17488a" face="Helvetica"><font>The</font> </font><a href="https://sustainabletompkins.org/programs/neighborhood-mini-grant-program/" target="_blank"><font color="#17488a" face="Helvetica">Sustainable Tompkins Neighborhood Mini-Gra<wbr>nt program</font></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" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-m_-1279608324585955424gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-il">Grants</span></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, 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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica">Individuals, organizations, and <span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-m_-1279608324585955424gmail-m_3299144917335710756gmail-m_-9087472300445446512gmail-il"><span class="m_7804568953750075237gmail-m_-8738673549369492665gmail-m_-6486289955033957688gmail-il">neighborhood</span></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. </span></p><span style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:helvetica"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font>Successful initiatives support<wbr>ed 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. </font><br></div><div style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><div><br></div><div>Applications are due on or before <u>June</u><u> 1, 2017</u>. To request an application form, or if you have questions, please contact me at <a href="mailto:sasha@sustainabletompkins.org" target="_blank">sasha@sustainabletompkins.org</a>.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><span style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Sasha Paris<br>Neighborhood Mini-Grant Coordinator<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: 607-272-1720 </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="mailto:sasha@sustainabletompkins.org" target="_blank">sasha@sustainabletompkins.org</a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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