As climate change continues to warm our planet, our communities can expect hotter summers and more frequent and severe heat waves. If you need assistance with the application or have any questions, please contact:Ĭity of 2020, we experienced one of the hottest summers on record.
Virtual Coffee Hours (place to ask questions and get help developing your project idea) Proposals should be sent electronically to Hannah Payne by email at or uploaded to. The deadline to submit project applications is Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The total amount to support projects in the summer of 2021 is $18,500. No project is too small! Grants can range from several hundred dollars for smaller, short-term activities to just under $10,000 for larger projects.
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Download a Word version of the application here.Īny resident, group, or organization with a community project in Somerville is eligible to apply (e.g., resident- or community-led group, advocacy or arts group, neighborhood or apartment associations, non-profit service providers). Keep Cool Somerville Mini Grant Application. Grant applicants are encouraged, but not required, to draw on the Toolkit for inspiration. The Keep Cool Somerville team developed a Cooling Strategies Toolkit as a resource for the City and for community groups to inspire and guide local heat preparedness activities. We also hope to work with project groups to document what they learn over the summer as they implement their projects.
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Various types of projects are encouraged, including projects that improve public awareness of extreme heat risks and coping strategies and projects that improve residents’ access to and use of cooling resources, such as free indoor programming in air-conditioned spaces during heat waves, shade structures, pop-up cooling events, etc.
A handful of projects will be funded to be implemented over the summer. The initiative is advised by the Keep Cool Advisory Committee, an interdisciplinary group of city staff and community representatives, and is supported by a grant from the MAPC Accelerating Climate Resiliency Grant Program.Ībout the Keep Cool Somerville Community Projects Grant ProgramĬommunity organizations and groups are invited to propose small-scale, pilot projects to improve resilience to heat. In 2021, the initiative will build upon the findings of earlier community engagement and research to focus on supporting community solutions to address heat. The initiative began in 2020 as a collaboration between the City of Somerville and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to address the health impacts of climate change. Keep Cool Somerville is an initiative to improve community resilience to extreme heat.
#KEEP IT COOL REGISTRATION#
If you have an idea for a project but need help in your preferred language, please fill out the registration survey and let us know about your language preference. You will also get to share and discuss ideas with other participants, City Staff, and content experts to help you develop your idea into a summer cooling project.Ĭan’t attend the event? Please still fill out the survey to get updates on the project and to let us know about your mini grant idea.
This virtual event will bring together residents and community groups to learn about the heat risks impacting Somerville residents and about this funding opportunity. Fill out the survey below to let us know you have a mini grant idea and to sign up to attend the upcoming Keep Cool Somerville Idea Workshop on Tuesday, May 4, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.
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