The next deadline to submit applications is March 12, 2010.

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Since the program's inception in 2005, 238 applications have been submitted to ULI and 58 CAG have been awarded amounting to over $1,280,000.  At this year's ULI Fall Meeting in San Francisco, the following 5 new grant recipients were announced: 

Creating a Walkable Campus Community
Emory University proposes to develop tools and programming to promote a walkable, pedestrian-centered campus community. The campus will serve as a national and international model for creating walkable campus communities. The main campaign, called Walk n’ Roll, will encourage more pedestrian travel in the campus community through a program that includes an interactive online walking map, ongoing community education and outreach, a half-day ULI forum, and a ULI technical assistance panel.

California ULI Leading a Discourse on HSR-Oriented Development
ULI San Francisco, ULI Los Angeles, ULI Orange County/Inland Empire, and ULI San Diego/Tijuana have teamed up to organize a High-Speed Rail (HSR) Marketplace. The event will include the presentation of findings from HSR technical assistance panels to be undertaken for at least three proposed California HSR station sites, and roundtable discussions on best practices in transit-oriented development financing, policy, and design. The goal is to create a statewide community of participants in the HSR planning and development process and to create a replicable template for other ULI district councils as their communities develop HSR.

Spring 2010 Workforce Housing Program
ULI Cincinnati will create an education program to explore the role of workforce housing in strategic neighborhood redevelopment in Cincinnati. This proposed program will be coordinated with Agenda 360 (now Council 360) and will engage neighborhood leaders as they begin their visioning and land use planning. The spring 2010 program will serve as a means to elevate the need for workforce housing in their plans.

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Harrisburg 2020: A Vision for the Future of Harrisburg
This project will involve a collaborative initiative by ULI Philadelphia, the city of Harrisburg, and area public, private, and nonprofit organizations to prepare a ten-year strategic plan to revitalize Pennsylvania’s capital city. The goal of the program is to identify barriers and establish long-term sustainable solutions to address Harrisburg’s shrinking population, decaying neighborhoods, and slow business and economic growth. Project components include establishing an employer-assisted housing program and the possible implementation of a ten-year, 100 percent tax abatement program within the city limits.

Decision Commons: Leveraging Technology to Build Consensus and Deliver Change
ULI Seattle, in partnership with the Quality Growth Alliance, will create Decision Commons, a virtual common ground where local and regional land use, infrastructure, and environmental questions can be modeled, examined, evaluated, and visualized in a real-time, multidimensional context. The goal of the program is to bring a mobile suite of interactive and visually engaging tools to stakeholders who can use them to consider alternative scenarios concerning a broad range of policy choices and discuss these choices with their peers. Ultimately, ULI Seattle hopes to build consensus on a preferred course of action that encourages high-density, mixed-use, and affordable development at each of the 36 newly proposed regional light-rail system station areas.

All Grants Awarded Since 2005

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