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Sustainable Communities Partnerships Grantee and Application Lessons Learned (So Far) Abby Thorne-Lyman Project Director August 2, 2011

Sustainable Communities Partnerships Grantee and Application Lessons Learned (So Far) Abby Thorne-Lyman Project Director August 2, 2011

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Sustainable Communities PartnershipsGrantee and Application Lessons Learned (So Far)

Abby Thorne-LymanProject Director

August 2, 2011

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Overview of Grant Recipients

199 HUD Sustainable Communities and DOT TIGER grants

72 recipients included public transportation and/or TOD in grants:

• Regional Planning Grants (26)• Community Challenge Grants (17)• Joint HUD Community Challenge/TOD TIGER II (10)• TIGER II (15 – 11 planning, 4 capital)• Feb 2010 TIGER I (4)

59 of 100 largest regions received some sort of award

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Overview of Grant Recipients

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Regions receiving multiple grants

Regional Planning AND Community Challenge Recipients

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Regions receiving multiple grantsRegional Planning AND TIGER II Recipients

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Common Themes in Winning Applications

Equity: true integration of affordable housing, grassroots engagement into planning processes

Transit Corridor and Station Area Planning: Category 2 grant recipients narrowed focus to a few corridors; Community Challenge recipients focused on a single corridor. Station area planning with replicability also a focus.

Connectivity: Complete streets, trails, last-mile connections (Challenge and TIGER II)

Collaborative, Multidisciplinary Planning: Integration of actors from multiple disciplines, formation of new partnerships key. Healthy eating, food access a focus of several recipients.

Data Sharing, Modeling: Category 1: regional data repositories, improvement of data sharing across communities, data driven comprehensive planning

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The application process: other issues identified by grantees

Collaboration involved integrating many different “cultures”Start early, meet oftenMay need a neutral party

Defining target communitiesCorridor / Multijurisdictional area of greatest needOne idea: vote for the “most competitive idea, aside from your own”

Making the most of pilot or demonstration projectsHeuristicsGame changers

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“Analysis of Federal Sustainable Communities Grants”“Tips for Crafting Strong Collaborative Applications”

www.policylink.org

“2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Guide”

Abby Thorne-LymanProject DirectorReconnecting AmericaEMAIL: [email protected]: 510.268.8602 ext.206WEB: www.reconnectingamerica.org