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

2 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

3 Overview of Grant Recipients www.reconnectingamerica.org

4 Regions receiving multiple grants www.reconnectingamerica.org Regional Planning AND Community Challenge Recipients

5 Regions receiving multiple grants www.reconnectingamerica.org Regional Planning AND TIGER II Recipients

6 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 www.reconnectingamerica.org

7 The application process: other issues identified by grantees Collaboration involved integrating many different “cultures” Start early, meet often May need a neutral party Defining target communities Corridor / Multijurisdictional area of greatest need One idea: vote for the “most competitive idea, aside from your own” Making the most of pilot or demonstration projects Heuristics Game changers www.reconnectingamerica.org

8 www.reconnectingamerica.org “Analysis of Federal Sustainable Communities Grants” “Tips for Crafting Strong Collaborative Applications” www.policylink.org “2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Guide” Abby Thorne-Lyman Project Director Reconnecting America EMAIL: athorne@reconnectingamerica.org PHONE: 510.268.8602 ext.206 WEB: www.reconnectingamerica.org

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