REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC), under Cooperative Agreement with USDA Rural Development as part of its Rural Placemaking Innovation Challenge Initiative (RPIC), is excited to announce the Request for Applications (RFA) to the HAC 2022 Creative Placemaking for Rural (CPR) Initiative. Rural communities are invited to submit applications to receive support and technical assistance to host a virtual and on-site local Placemaking Workshop (if local public health guidelines allow) or participate in the Placemaking Learning Cohort. Specifically, the CPR Initiative will focus on improving rural prosperity and building the capacity of rural organizations to create and implement innovative placemaking strategies into their larger community development planning goals and activities.

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* 1. Lead Applicant Contact:

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* 2. Population size of applicant community (city, county etc.,)

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* 3. Primary contact information, if different than above:

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* 4. What aspects of the CPR Initiative would be most valuable to you and your organization? (Up to 100 words)

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* 5. Describe your organization's mission and primary focus. (Up to 200 words).

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* 6. Describe your community (Descriptions of the people and places affected by the community placemaking challenge are encouraged here. You will have an opportunity to describe the placemaking challenge or opportunity itself in the following questions.) (Up to 200 words)

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* 7. Placemaking Challenge or Opportunity Information
Please describe the placemaking challenge your community is facing (i.e., street redesign, adaptive reuse, and preservation of a historic structure, etc.,):
     a. Describe your placemaking challenge (100 words)
     b. Why is this a critical issue? (100 Words)
     c. What do you need help with? (100 Words)
     d. Who will benefit from this project and why? (100 Words)

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* 8. What next steps do you have planned for your specific challenge? (100 Words)

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* 9. Describe your current project team and partner organizations that will be involved. Who is a part of this project? Have you worked together in the past? How will you collaborate on this project? (200 words) We recognize that teams change over time - please respond here with the most current information.

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* 10. What is your organization’s current staffing capacity to work on this program? (100 words)? 

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* 11. Please upload budget based on the sample template provided, listing proposed uses for the $5,000 stipend and $5,000 match. CPR understands that budgets will evolve. But a baseline is helpful. Selected applicants can adjust the budget later.

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* 12. Supporting Material (Supporting materials, including photos, videos, press clippings, website links, and letters of support are welcome, but not required.)

a. Photos/Images: you may provide up to 15 photos or images that show your community and the context and location of your placemaking challenge or opportunity. Maps of relevant sites are encouraged. Please combine all images into a single pdf document and include short captions with the images or on a separate page.

b. Video/Online material: you may include a link to one video (for example,  through Vimeo or YouTube) or a link to a static web page or online pdf document.

c. Letters of support: you may provide up to 3 letters of support from community leaders or partners. These letters help CRP understand the extent of community support for the proposed or placemaking challenge or opportunity.

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* 13. How did you hear about the CRP program?

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