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How to Preserve Your Neighborhood's Green Space
July 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Baltimore MD
Join Baltimore Green Space (BGS) to learn how to make your community garden, pocket park, or other urban oases last forever! BGS acquires community-managed open spaces and provides support to those who care for them. At this workshop you will learn about this process and how your neighborhood will benefit. Contact bgreenspace@gmail.com for more information or visit their website...
July 22, 8:30am - 3:30pm, Baltimore MD
Baltimore Data Day is an annual conference to help communities expand their capacity to use technology and data to advance their goals. At this FREE event, community leaders, nonprofit organizations, civic and faith-based institutions and governmental entities come together to see the latest in community-based data, technology and tools and learn how other groups are using data to support constructive change. Learn more & register...
PolicyLink Equity Summit 2011
November 8 - November 11, Detroit MI
Equity Summit 2011 is the fourth national PolicyLink Summit, bringing together the nation's equity movement--your fellow advocates, activists, policymakers, foundation officials, and equity leaders--to advance a truly inclusive policy agenda. Join PolicyLink this fall in Detroit to share in a vision for more sustainable and equitable development with access to jobs, transportation, education, health, and housing for all. Early bird registration ENDS July 15. Learn more & register...
There are many more Events & Trainings that we could not fit in our newsletter! Please click the link below to see more...
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| Funding Opportunities |
Maryland Housing Counseling Fund for FY 2012
Application deadline: July 13, 2011
The Maryland Housing Counseling Fund is a fairly new source of State funding to provide homebuyers and homeowners access to counseling. This initial round of funding will be targeting organizations providing support for individuals facing foreclosure including assistance with mediation, in response to the increased need for professional nonprofit counseling and legal services. For more information... Freddie Mac Foundation Grant Program
Application deadline: August 15, 2011
The Freddie Mac Foundation invests in programs that create stable homes and families, find adoptive homes for foster children, and help youth improve their academic achievement and achieve career success. The Foundation's grantmaking program serves the metropolitan Washington DC area, but funding is also available for statewide initiatives. For more information...
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Reports
Responsible Demolition: A Baltimore Case Study With National Implications
By the Annie E. Casey Foundation
This report describes how the Annie E. Casey Foundation, residents and local advocates established practices that sharply reduced the risk of adverse health consequences from the demolition of several hundred structures as part of the 88-acre East Baltimore Revitalization Initiative. Download the report here...
Daring to Lead 2011: A National Study of Nonprofit Executive Leadership
By Maria Cornelius, Rick Moyers and Jeanne Bell
This paper reports on the findings from a national survey on nonprofit executive leadership and discusses a call to action for nonprofit leaders. More than 3,000 executive directors participated in the survey, which was produced in partnership by CompassPoint and the Meyer Foundation. Download the report here, or visit the website... Book
Land Banks and Land Banking
By Frank Alexander for the Center for Community Progress
This new book, a follow-up to the 2005 land bank text also from the Center for Community Progress, offers public officials and community leaders a step-by-step guide for taking control of problem properties and then leveraging them to spur smart development and meet community needs. This book provides detailed information gathered from the most robust and current land banks and land banking programs across the country. Full text is available for download here... |
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In the News...
Red Line Wins Key Federal Approval! | |
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted approval for the Baltimore Red Line to move forward with Preliminary Engineering. Only 10 other projects across the country are at the Preliminary Engineering phase - and rarely does a project reach this milestone and then not get funded for construction.
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Call for Papers!
From BNIA-JFI | |
In celebration of its 10th anniversary and as part of Data Day 2011, the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance-Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI) is announcing a call for contributions to an occasional/working paper series on Baltimore City's neighborhoods that utilizes data collected and archived by BNIA-JFI over the past decade.
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