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Southern Links Rail Trail Easement Agreement

StephenMRTC — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:43:20 GMT

This is a sample easement for the Southern Links Rail Trail in Michigan. Found at the Michigan Trails & Greenways Alliance.

Parks & Trails New York: Getting Involved - A Community Trail Handbook for Landowners

StephenMRTC — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:55:30 GMT

This publication, a joint effort of the Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley and Parks & Trails New York, provides case studies of landowners that have allowed access to public trails on their land. It seeks to address the concerns and questions of landowners who may participate in a voluntary program of granting public access to their lands.

Land Trust Alliance: Grants & Awards

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:52:14 GMT

A listing of grants and awards given by the Land Trust Alliance.

U.S. Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration: Federal Highway Administration Programs

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:49:13 GMT

FHWA and FTA funds that may be used for Bicycle and Pedestrian Activities.

The Trust for Public Land: Land Vote Resources

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:34:07 GMT

The TPL LandVote ^® Database provides a dynamic interface for in-depth research on conservation ballot measures. Complete with easily accessible tables and graphs detailing conservation ballot measures by state, finance mechanism, and jurisdiction type, the database will also allow for customizable queries and research requests. The TPL LandVote^® Mapping System uses geographic information systems (GIS) technology to map the locations of these ballot measures and illustrate election trends.

Project for Public Spaces: Funding Sources for Greenway Projects

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:25:56 GMT

Project for Public Spaces is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities. Founded in 1975, PPS embraces the insights of William (Holly) Whyte, a pioneer in understanding the way people use public spaces. Today, PPS has become an internationally recognized center for best-practices, information, and resources about Placemaking.

Contributed by the Apple Country Greenway Commission (Henderson County, North Carolina), which was formed in December, 1999 to create a master plan for a greenways system; and the Roanoke Valley, Virginia Greenway Plan.

The greenway funding opportunities cited below are applicable to organizations and agencies throughout the U.S. that are seeking funding. The most common method for funding greenways is to combine local, public sector and private sector funds with funds from state, federal and additional private-sector sources. Many communities involved with greenway implementation are choosing to leverage local money as a match for outside funding sources, in essence multiplying their resources.

Foundation Center website

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:14:36 GMT

Established in 1956 and today supported by close to 600 foundations, the Foundation Center is a national nonprofit service organization recognized as the nation’s leading authority on organized philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and the grantmakers supporting them to tools they can use and information they can trust. Its audiences include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. The Center maintains the most comprehensive database on U.S. grantmakers and their grants; issues a wide variety of print, electronic, and online information resources; conducts and publishes research on trends in foundation growth, giving, and practice; and offers an array of free and affordable educational programs.

Funder's Network website

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:36 GMT

The Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that exists to inspire, strengthen and expand philanthropic leadership and funders’ abilities to support organizations working to improve communities through better development decisions and growth policies. It brings together foundations, nonprofit organizations and other partners to address the range of environmental, social, and economic problems caused by development strategies that fail to consider the big picture.

Members of the Funders’ Network believe funders can effectively address these issues at the national, state, regional and/or local level. To help funders maximize their effectiveness, and increase the number of funders in this field, the Network works to inform and connect funders, offers responsive services, implements projects, and provides facilitative leadership in selected regions. Through its work the Network helps funders to advance policy reforms; share knowledge of effective strategies and tools; build the capacity of key constituencies; raise awareness about the interdisciplinary nature of these issues; and encourage sustained engagement with these issues by a diverse coalition of funders. The Network’s current projects address: 1) communications, 2) community foundations leadership, 3) regional and neighborhood equity, 4) transportation, 5) green buildings and green neighborhoods, and 6) healthy people and places.

Grants.gov website

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:11 GMT

Grants.gov was established as a governmental resource named the E-Grants Initiative, part of the President's 2002 Fiscal Year Management Agenda to improve government services to the public.

The concept has its origins in the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, also known as Public Law 106-107. Public Law 106-107 has since sunset and is now known as the Grants Policy Committee (GPC).

National Trails Training Partnership: Funding & Resources

StephenMRTC — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:54:30 GMT

Examples of successful trail and greenway funding from across the nation.