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FEATURED CORPORATE SPONSORS
  • Motorola Solutions - Cybersecurity Grant Assistance Program
  • Cordico - Wellness Program Grant Assistance Program
  • LocalGovU - Online Training Grant Assistance Program
  • Lexipol - Policy Management Grant Assistance Program
  • IPVideo Corporation - Healthcare Grant Assistance Program
  • Motorola Solutions - Grant Assistance Program
  • Rescue Essentials - Bleeding Control Grant Assistance Program
  • Avigilon & Pelco - Healthcare Grant Assistance Program
  • IPVideo Corporation - Gunshot Detection Grant Assistance Program
  • Rave Mobile Safety - Crisis Communications Grant Assistance Program
  • Motorola Solutions - Crisis Communications Grant Assistance Program
  • Avigilon & Pelco - Video Security Grant Assistance Program
  • Genasys - Crisis Communication Grant Assistance Program
  • IPVideo Corporation - Vape Detection Grant Assistance Program
  • Verkada - Grant Assistance Program
  • Motorola Solutions - Education Communications Grant Assistance Program
  • Avigilon & Pelco - Local Government Grant Assistance Program
  • Verkada - Video Surveillance Grant Assistance Program
  • Motorola Solutions - Drones Grant Assistance Program
  • KENWOOD - Radios Grant Assistance Program
FEATURED GRANT RESOURCES
GRANTS COVERAGE
With its first biodiesel fueling station, Smyrna, GA, will begin fueling and converting its municipal fleet with cooking oil that has been converted to diesel. Read the details on reduced emissions, savings, vendors and the City’s plan inside
Analysis of the upcoming automatic budget cuts facing the nation in FY13 due to sequestration agreed upon when the debt ceiling was raised earlier this year. See how this important development will affect your municipal budget...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced its first three award winners: Greensboro, Hartford, and Las Vegas, each of which won a $1 million grant as part of the Strong Cities, Stronger Communities challenge.
Retailers Amazon.com and REI are each participating in unique public-private partnerships to improve the way residents—er, employees and customers—get around. Details on both approaches are inside.
There are more than 7,000 farmers markets in the U.S., and about half accept food stamps through “Electronic Benefit Transfer” cards. Does yours? Financial benefits, details, and recent experiences in Philadelphia and elsewhere are inside.
Boston’s Mayor Tom Menino is challenging citizens to submit ideas that might get funded by a $1 million Bloomberg grant. Inside, we look at his engagement strategy, other example
The National Endowment for the Arts recently awarded $4.9 million for its “Our Town” grants. Inside, we provide details and funding examples, with tips on how readers can be more successful during the NEA grant application process.
IBM has started the application process for its $50 million, 100 city “Smarter Cities Challenge.” See inside for application deadlines, grants, forms, benefits, earlier winners
The Department of Labor announced nearly $147 million in grants to workforce agencies in 26 cities and towns as part of a “Pay for Success” program. Details are inside, and, yes, there is more money available.
Two cities in Washington State have received a $3 million grant to conduct traffic studies in areas where a large number of traffic-related fatalities occur. Details on the Department of Transportation’s $50 million grant program are inside.