<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Bea Fry via Communications</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2023, 1:45 PM<br>Subject: [Communications] Grant Opportunity for Community Gardeners<br>To: <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Hi CCGA folx - <div><br></div><div>I hope this email finds you well! I wanted to reach out with a grant opportunity put on by <a href="http://auachicago.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Advocates for Urban Agriculture</a> which Community Gardens are eligible for. Are you willing to let your network of community gardeners know? Below is the information for the grant. If there are any questions, people can be put in contact with me at <a href="mailto:bea@auachicago.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bea@auachicago.org</a>. Thanks! </div><div><br></div><div>____</div><div><br></div><div>Hi all - <div><br></div><div>Sharing a grant opportunity with you all: the <a href="https://forms.gle/3xZui45aEurGqB5F7" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">2023 Capacity Building Grant is now live</a>! </div><div><br></div><div><ol><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><b>What is it?</b></span></li><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">The Capacity Building Grant is a grant fund housed by AUA and distributed by a participatory grantmaking committee made up of 4 local growers. The grant is aimed at supporting growers, both farmers and community gardeners, who <span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">are working to expand and scale up their operations. Farms are eligible for up to $20,000. Community gardens are eligible for up to $5,000. </span></li></ol></ol></div><div><ol><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><b>What are the dates to know?</b></span></li><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">October 10th, 2023, from 11am-12pm - AUA is hosting a webinar for the grant. This webinar will <span style="background-color:transparent">have simultaneous interpretation in Spanish. </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416957530369/WN_otjeBM3HQVqv-WOwebU1zw" style="background-color:transparent" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Register here</a><font style="background-color:transparent"></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font style="background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent">October 25th, 2023 at 3pm - You can submit your draft application, even if it is just a paragraph, as many times as you want for feedback from the people who are making funding decisions! <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe3uTbnJD89DzpRiZJOwB28T2IIcnV-ImnyYFdlNhN12l41Mw/viewform" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Submit your draft application to the Preliminary Feedback Form here </a>to receive feedback before the final application deadline.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent"> </font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">November 10th, 2023</span> at 11:59pm - the final application deadline</font></font></li></ol><li style="margin-left:15px"><b>Am I eligible?</b></li><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">Generally speaking, farms and community gardens within Chicago and its surrounding areas are eligible. Check AUA's <a href="https://www.auachicago.org/capacity-building-grant/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> for full eligibility criteria.</li></ol></ol></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please feel free to share within your networks as well! Any additional questions can be sent to me, Bea Fry, at <a href="mailto:bea@auachicago.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bea@auachicago.org</a>. </span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666">Bea Fry</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12.8px">Programs Steward<br></font><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">They/Them/Elle</span><br></div><div><div><font color="#666666">Advocates for Urban Agriculture</font></div><div></div></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bea@auachicago.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bea@auachicago.org</a></font></div><div>651-728-3322</div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div><a href="http://auachicago.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">auachicago.org</a></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div><img src="https://auachicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Logo.png" width="200" height="23"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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