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Community Connectors

Helping small and mid-sized communities repair the damage of divisive infrastructure. Applications are due by August 31, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Find the application and eligibility details and requirements are below.

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You can find an interactive application below, but we highly recommend downloading this application as a .doc file, preparing your answers in advance in the doc, pasting them into the online application, and submitting them all at once. Download the .doc file here.

Applications are due by August 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Please don’t wait until the last minute to prepare and submit your application.

Questions? Please submit them through our online form

First Name*

Last Name*

Email*

Local commitments

If awarded this technical assistance, do you commit to completing a Complete Streets demonstration project within the duration of the Academy, and keeping it in place for a minimum of one month?*

I commit to performing this actionI cannot commit to this action

If awarded this technical assistance, do you commit to engaging a cohort of approximately 8-10 local decision-makers, staff, and stakeholders that will participate in each one of a series of virtual workshops (approximately 30 hours total)? The in-person workshop is also part of this training, but will likely involve a smaller subset of this cohort (5-6) for the two city teams that are traveling.*

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If awarded this technical assistance, would you be able to host an in-person workshop in your jurisdiction?*

We can host a meetingWe can host a meeting and potentially provide food or other materials

Project Description

Describe the road or street creating the damage or disconnection: Describe your proposed corridor or intersection(s). Where is it located? (X street between Y and Z streets. The X000 block of MLK Ave) While we will be refining the final project site selections during the cohort training, you will need a specific corridor or intersection in mind.*

0/100 words

Explain the division or danger. Tell us about the division and danger created by this road or corridor. How does it divide communities? Feel free to share about the history. When was it built or widened? How were those decisions made? What sort of barriers does it create? What data do you have on serious injuries or deaths along it?*

0/100 words

Community Information and Teaming Arrangement

Community overview: Describe your city or community and the affected project area (if known), including data on demographic information (population, race, income, etc), community type (urban, suburban, exurban, rural), land use (residential, commercial, industrial, mixed use, etc), important destinations (job center, schools, etc). What is important for us to know about your city?*

0/500 words maximum

Community co–empowerment and engagement

Describe the strategy and scope of any community engagement thus far on your project idea. Who has been involved in developing and identifying this corridor/project idea? How have the affected residents and neighborhoods been engaged and involved in the process?*

0/250 words

Co-lead local government organization

Jurisdiction name: *

Lead contact name: *

Title *

Email *

Phone *

Partnership: Describe your relationship with the CBO or other community organization listed below:*

0/250 words

Co-lead community-based organization

Organization name: *

Lead contact name: *

Title *

Email *

Phone *

Partnership: Describe your relationship with the city or government agency listed above:*

0/250 words

Team List

Please list at least 5-6 (and no more than 12 individuals) with names, titles, and departments or organizations who you expect to include in your cohort. This is not intended to be an ironclad final list of the team which will likely be larger, but more like a starting point for your ideal team. I.e, you are likely to discover during the onboarding process a vital person or organization that is not presently at the table. SGA will help you fill out the full team during the onboarding process, so this list does not have to be final.*

Outcomes

Has your community ever completed a demonstration project or tactical urbanism project before?*

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If so, please describe:

0/250 words

What are you hoping to achieve from the Community Connectors program? Why are you most interested in applying?*

0/250 words

What has your jurisdiction already done to implement Complete Streets or repair the damage of past street design decisions?*

0/250 words

What do you see as the biggest barriers and challenges to participating in this program and completing a demonstration project?*

0/250 words

Other information: Any helpful links you'd like to include (letters of support from an elected official, department head, other community groups; existing project website, photos of site, etc.), please include here.

0/100 words maximum

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