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Baltimore Sustainable Communities Initiative

Baltimore Sustainable Communities Initiative . Office of Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant . Click to add date. March 31, 2012. Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant. Program Overview Project Summary Next Steps for BMC. Program Overview. Program Summary.

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Baltimore Sustainable Communities Initiative

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  1. Baltimore Sustainable Communities Initiative Office of Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Click to add date March 31, 2012

  2. Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant • Program Overview • Project Summary • Next Steps for BMC

  3. Program Overview

  4. Program Summary • Supports metropolitan/multi-jurisdictional planning efforts to integrate housing, land use, economic & workforce development. • Seeks partnerships that translate the Livability Principles into strategies for cross-cutting sustainable development. • Grantees must develop and/or implement a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development (RPSD) • Awards based on population with a max of $5M

  5. Livability Principles • Provide more transportation choices. • Promote equitable affordable housing. • Enhance economic competitiveness • Support existing communities • Coordinate policies and leverage investments • Value Communities and neighborhoods • Protect the Chesapeake Bay*

  6. FY11 AWARDS • 300+ Applicants • 29 Awards • $3,503,677

  7. Project Summary

  8. Statement of Need • Generally Healthy • Jobs • Housing • Income • Education • Fared well in recession • Inequity

  9. Focus Areas • Housing • Transportation • Workforce Development

  10. Products • RPSD • Regional Housing Strategy • Regional Workforce Development Strategy • Financial Implementation Strategy

  11. Project Summary • 3 year grant • WFD Fund • Demonstration Fund • Engagement • Leadership Development

  12. 26 Member+ Consortium *BMC ∙ *BRTB ∙ *Baltimore City ∙ *Baltimore County ∙ Anne Arundel County ∙ Carroll County ∙ Harford County ∙ Howard County ∙ City of Annapolis ∙ Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development ∙ Maryland Department of Planning ∙ Maryland Department of Transportation ∙ Annie E. Casey Foundation ∙ Associated Black Charities ∙ Baltimore Integration Partnership ∙ Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative ∙ Citizens Planning & Housing Association ∙ Baltimore Regional Initiative Developing Genuine Equity ∙ Central Maryland Transportation Alliance ∙ Enterprise Community Partners ∙ Greater Baltimore Committee ∙ Innovative Housing Institute ∙ 1,000 Friends of MD∙ Morgan State University ∙ National Center for Smart Growth

  13. Next steps for bmc

  14. Next Steps for BMC (1) Work Plan, (2) MOU, (3) The Work!

  15. Michael B. Kelly General Counsel & Governmental Relations Baltimore Metropolitan Council mkelly@baltometro.org 410.732.9561

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