The California Natural Resources Agency is accepting proposals for the Urban Greening Grant Program.
Donor Name: California Natural Resources Agency
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $47.5 million
Details:
These programs funded projects that provided a wide variety of benefits such as environmental, health, and community revitalization throughout the State. The Urban Greening Program, funded by the General Fund, continues the legacy of these programs. Consistent with AB 32, the Urban Greening Program will fund projects that reduce greenhouse gases while also transforming the built environment into places that are more sustainable, enjoyable, and effective in creating healthy and vibrant communities. These projects will establish and enhance parks and open space, use natural solutions to improve air and water quality and reduce energy consumption and create more walkable and bike-able trails.
Funding Priorities
Projects containing the following elements will be given priority consideration in funding decisions:
Additional points will be given to projects that meet two of the following:
- Provides park or recreational benefits to a critically underserved community or disadvantaged community
- Proposed by a critically underserved community or disadvantaged community
- Develops partnerships with local community organizations and businesses in order to strengthen outreach to disadvantaged communities, provides access to quality jobs for residents of disadvantaged communities, or provides access to workforce education and training
- Uses interagency cooperation and integration
- Uses existing public lands and facilitates the use of public resources and investments, including schools.
Funding Information
Approximately $47.5 million is available for urban greening projects.
Example of Eligible Projects
The list below provides examples of project elements that meet statutory conditions. It is not a comprehensive list.
- Establishment, enhancement, and expansion of neighborhood parks and community spaces
- Tree-canopy/shade trees
- Greening of public lands and structures, including schoolyards, which may include incorporation of riparian habitat for water capture and provide for other public and wildlife benefits
- Multi-objective stormwater projects, including the construction of permeable surfaces, collection basins, and barriers
- Bioswales and rain gardens to mitigate stormwater runoff
- Green streets and alleyways
- River, creek, and stream restoration
- Recreational trails
- Community or outdoor education gardens and orchards
- Non-motorized urban trails that provide safe routes for travel between residences, workplaces, commercial centers, and schools
- Urban heat island mitigation and energy conservation efforts through landscaping and green roof projects
- Acquisitions to preserve in perpetuity land for agricultural uses, open space, wetlands, etc.
- Creation or restoration of existing wetlands, recharge ponds, floodplain, or riparian corridors.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant Funds will be awarded to a city, county, special district, nonprofit organization, or an agency or entity formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act if at least one of the parties to the joint powers agreement qualifies as an eligible applicant, notwithstanding the Joint Exercise of Powers Act. Nonprofit organization means any nonprofit corporation qualified to do business in California and qualified under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. California Native American tribal governments are eligible to apply if they have a nonprofit corporation as defined.
For more information, visit Urban Greening Program.
