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Rating Your Town | Useful Links | Implementation Grants

Key Ingredients Found in Successful Communities

How Does Your Town Rate?
Circle One
Yes or No		1	Evidence of community pride.
Yes or No		2	Emphasis on quality in business & community life.
Yes or No		3	Willingness to invest in the future.
Yes or No		4	Participatory approach to community decision making.
Yes or No		5	Cooperative community spirit.
Yes or No		6	Realistic appraisal of future opportunities.
Yes or No		7	Awareness of competitive postitioning.
Yes or No		8	Knowledge of the physical environment.
Yes or No		9	Active economic development program.
Yes or No		10	Deliberte transition of power to a younger generation of leaders.
Yes or No		11	Acceptance of women in leadership roles.
Yes or No		12	Strong belief in and support for education.
Yes or No		13	Problem-solving approach to providing health care.
Yes or No		14	Strong multi-generational family orientation.
Yes or No		15	Attention to sound and well-maintained infrastructure.
Yes or No		16	Careful use of fiscal resources.
Yes or No		17	Sophisticated use of information resources.
Yes or No		18	Willingness to seek help from outside source.
Yes or No		19	Conviction that, in the long run, you have to do it yourself.
Source: The Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Nebraska-Helping Small Towns Succeed

Useful links: http://www.railroadpark.org/links.html

WHAT IS A CEDS
Regional Comprehensive Econonomic Development Strategies have been updated for 2006. these regional strategies include all kinds of strategies for economic development in the various regional planning and development regions of the state, and increasingly, include Your Town and Alabama Communities of Excellence programs. These strategies often include projects and programs that will influence grants and technical assistance in the regions. If you have not been involved in these plans for your region, you may contact the regional council in your area for more information. To find your regional council, you can visit www.alarc.org and click on the map to find your local council.

Interpreting America's Historic Places: Implementation Grants

The synopsis for this grant opportunity is detailed below, following this paragraph. This synopsis contains all of the updates to this document that have been posted as of 10/13/2006.

Document Type:	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:	NEH-BR-01232007
Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
Posted Date:	Oct 13, 2006
Creation Date:	Oct 13, 2006
Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 23, 2007
Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jan 23, 2007
Archive Date:	Feb 22, 2007
Funding Instrument Type:	Grant
Category of Funding Activity:	Humanities (see "Cultural Affairs" in CFDA)
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:	$350,000
Award Floor:	$0
CFDA Number:	45.164 -- Promotion of the Humanities_Public Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Eligible Applicants

Independent school districts
State governments
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
County governments
Private institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
City or township governments

Description

Implementation grants for Interpreting America's Historic Places enable organizations to install new or enhanced interpretive programs at places of significance in American history or culture.

Link to Full Announcement

http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/historicimplementation.html

If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:

Scott, Peter, Public Affairs Specialist, Phone 202-606-8446, Fax 202-606-8240 pscott@neh.gov