{"id":434,"date":"2020-11-20T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/?p=434"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:29:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:29:26","slug":"epa-building-blocks-for-sustainable-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/epa-building-blocks-for-sustainable-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"EPA Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/smartgrowth\/building-blocks-sustainable-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program<\/a>&nbsp;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EPA&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>: 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.<\/li><li><strong>Deadline<\/strong>: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, November 20, 2020.<\/li><li><strong>How to apply:&nbsp;<\/strong>Submit a two-page letter of interest (see &#8220;How to Apply&#8221; below).<\/li><li><strong>Timeframe<\/strong>: EPA will review letters of interest and follow up by December 20, 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about this request for letters of interest, please see our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/smartgrowth\/frequently-asked-questions-faqs-about-building-blocks-sustainable-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frequently Asked Questions About Building Blocks<\/a>. If your question is not answered there, please contact Mr. Gurkin at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Gurkin.chip@epa.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gurkin.charles@epa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program&nbsp;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 &#8230; <a title=\"EPA Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/epa-building-blocks-for-sustainable-communities\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about EPA Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-external-news-events","tag-epa-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/sce3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}