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Post by sweetpea33 on Jan 23, 2024 5:05:32 GMT
Robb and his team are working with the organization to apply for regional sewer district funding to put toward outdoor improvements. "The language in the grant focused on a project led by East End. We felt that with our development and fundraising teams and technical, transaction expertise, we could be a good partner." The collaboration provides East End Neighborhood House with exposure to and standing with new partners and grant sources. "Get into the community and start by asking what projects these groups would like to see done, ask, ‘Where do you see us fitting in?’, then find the overlap. That’s part of what makes these partnerships authentic: shared power; co-created priorities; and mutual respect. Robb stresses the importance of the partnerships WRLC has formed with Email List neighborhood associations, land banks, community development corporations, community land trusts and the city. When it comes to its work in Cleveland, the organization set a goal to reach 30 percent tree canopy cover by 2040 and create solutions for 30,000 vacant parcels, all while building community through this land. Triangle Land Conservancy in North Carolina's Triangle region "For an organization in the south, the separation between racism and conservation is never available to you," says Margaret Sands, Conservation Director at the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC). "There’s no way to say that was then and this is now." TLC is a land trust serving six counties in North Carolina’s Triangle Region, including the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.
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