The Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program provides quick, targeted technical assistance to selected communities using a variety of tools that have demonstrated results and widespread application. This round of Building Blocks will offer a more flexible approach that leverages EPA staff expertise, facilitates rapid learning and exchange, does not rely on in-person workshops, and focuses on emerging challenges communities face related to land use planning and development.
EPA’s Office of Community Revitalization will offer a biannual call for applications (one in fall 2020 and another in spring 2021) for Building Blocks to recognize that communities are on different COVID-19 recovery timelines and might need time to define their needs.
- Eligibility: The applicant can be a local, county, state, territorial, or tribal government, or a nonprofit organization that has the support of the local government on whose behalf it is applying.
- Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, November 20, 2020.
- How to apply: Submit a two-page letter of interest (see “How to Apply” below).
- Timeframe: EPA will review letters of interest and follow up by December 20, 2020.
If you have questions about this request for letters of interest, please see our Frequently Asked Questions About Building Blocks. If your question is not answered there, please contact Mr. Gurkin at Gurkin.charles@epa.gov.