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Read the program’s objectives and important guidelines, and preview the application questions in the 2022 application handbook.
On August 6, Metro will accept applications for the 2022 cycle of the Community Placemaking Grants for eight weeks. There is up to $193,000 available for grants ranging between $5,000 and $25,000. No matching funds are required. Applications are due at noon on Friday, October 1, and grant awards will be announced in early January 2022.
Community Placemaking grants support community-led, equity-centered, arts and culture efforts that strengthen people’s connection to each other and the places they care about. The program seeks to listen to community and fund their ideas for solutions to specific challenges. Many past Community Placemaking grants have focused on healing and restoration, and every community has different needs that require different approaches. “Place” has often been hostile to Black, Indigenous and people of color. For some previous grant awardees, the place in their proposals was the community itself. Take a look at the kinds of efforts selected in recent grant cycles in 2021 and 2020.
Have questions?
Join staff for an online information session to walk through the handbook and answer your questions. If you’re unable to attend, the info sessions will be recorded and posted on the Community Placemaking program webpage.
Information session dates
- Wednesday, Aug. 11, 12-1 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 843 0510 7037 | Passcode: 046487 | 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
- Wednesday, Aug. 11, 6-7 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 857 3767 5261 | Passcode: 234892 | 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
- Tuesday, Aug. 17, 6-7 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 869 4235 4291 | Passcode: 583211 | 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
- Thursday, Aug. 19, 12-1 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 891 2817 3563 | Passcode: 492021 | 888 475 4499 US Toll-free
- Thursday, Sept. 9, 12-1 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 826 6051 1354 | Passcode: 021037 | 877 853 5257 US Toll-free
- Thursday, Sept. 9, 6-7 p.m. - Zoom link
Meeting ID: 850 3838 0807 | Passcode: 402581 | 888 475 4499 US Toll-free