
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Bea,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course we can share this on our social media channels and with the CCGA working groups. Thank you for including community gardens in this grant opportunity!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Have a great weekend,</div><div class="">Amy</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CCGA communications team</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 6, 2023, at 2:45 PM, Bea Fry via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" class="">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi CCGA folx - <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope this email finds you well! I wanted to reach out with a grant opportunity put on by <a href="http://auachicago.org/" class="">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" class="">bea@auachicago.org</a>. Thanks! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">____</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi all - <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sharing a grant opportunity with you all: the <a href="https://forms.gle/3xZui45aEurGqB5F7" target="_blank" class="">2023 Capacity Building Grant is now live</a>! </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><ol class=""><li style="margin-left:15px" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b class="">What is it?</b></span></li><ol class=""><li style="margin-left:15px" class="">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; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">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 class=""><ol class=""><li style="margin-left:15px" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><b class="">What are the dates to know?</b></span></li><ol class=""><li style="margin-left:15px" class="">October 10th, 2023, from 11am-12pm - AUA is hosting a webinar for the grant. This webinar will <span style="background-color:transparent" class="">have simultaneous interpretation in Spanish. </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4416957530369/WN_otjeBM3HQVqv-WOwebU1zw" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent" class="">Register here</a><font style="background-color:transparent" class=""></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px" class=""><font style="background-color:transparent" class=""><span style="background-color:transparent" class="">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" target="_blank" class="">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; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font style="background-color:transparent" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color:transparent" class=""> </font><span style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)" class="">November 10th, 2023</span> at 11:59pm - the final application deadline</font></font></li></ol><li style="margin-left:15px" class=""><b class="">Am I eligible?</b></li><ol class=""><li style="margin-left:15px" class="">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/" target="_blank" class="">website</a> for full eligibility criteria.</li></ol></ol></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">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" target="_blank" class="">bea@auachicago.org</a>. </span></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><font color="#666666" class="">Bea Fry</font></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><font color="#666666" style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Programs Steward<br class=""></font><div class=""><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)" class="">They/Them/Elle</span><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#666666" class="">Advocates for Urban Agriculture</font></div><div class=""></div></div><div class=""><font color="#666666" class=""><a href="mailto:bea@auachicago.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">bea@auachicago.org</a></font></div><div class="">651-728-3322</div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><div class=""><a href="http://auachicago.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">auachicago.org</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:small" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img src="https://auachicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Logo.png" width="200" height="23" class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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