Green opportunities

Here is a great opportunity for progressive developers.

From: greencommunities@enterprisecommunity.org [mailto:greencommunities@enterprisecommunity.org]
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: Green Communities - GRANT FUNDS NOW AVAILABLE

Grant Funds up to $50,000 per Project

Now Available for Developers Committed to Providing Green* Affordable Housing

Applications must be received online by April 11

Awards are expected to be made by the last week of June

Grant guidelines and application available at www.greencommunitiesonline.org

*Please note that Enterprise and its partners have updated the Green Communities Criteria. Before starting the application please make sure to request the new Criteria at: http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/tools/criteria/request.asp

Enterprise and its Green Communities partners have updated the Green Communities Criteria to better reflect national reference standards, to provide greater clarity on how to meet criterion and to purposefully align with credits from LEED for Homes as appropriate. This updated version of the Green Communities Criteria also includes additional resources that are cited in the LEED for Homes Reference Guide and have relevance to affordable housing. To receive a copy of the 2008 version of Green Communities please go to http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/tools/criteria/request.asp.

Developments seeking grant funding through Enterprise for a Green Communities development must meet this 2008 version of the Criteria. Please direct all questions to greencommunities@enterprisecommunity.org or by phone 410-715-7433.

The updated Criteria is labeled throughout the document as Green Communities Criteria 2008. The application forms available online reflect changes made to the Criteria.

For information related to the application, call 410.715.7433 or email greencommunities@enterprisecommunity.org
Please note that Northwest applications are administered on a rolling basis.

You are invited to join us on

Thursday, March 5 at 2 p.m. EST

for an online meeting to review the application process.

Information on joining the meeting can be found at

www.greencommunitiesonline.org/tools/training/

Enterprise would like to thank and recognize the leading national funders of Green Communities for their generous support of this initiative: Citigroup Foundation, The Home Depot Foundation and The Kresge Foundation.

For more information on our partners go to:

www.greencommunitiesonline.org/about-partners.asp

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Ken Martin
Executive Director
Texas Homeless Network
1713 Fortview Road, Austin, TX 78704
512-687-5101
512-426-0650 (c)
512-478-9077 (f)