Deadline: 1-Aug-22
The Rural Maryland Council is pleased to launch the Regional Councils Grant Program.
The Program helps to create economic development strategies, preserve and assist agricultural and resource-based industries, obtain federal funding for infrastructure improvements, coordinate and sometimes even manage regional transportation projects (including public transit services), and develop support for a diverse set of public policy initiatives.
Rural regional planning and development assistance will provide grants specifically for projects and activities of the five rural regional planning and development councils and for other multi-county rural improvement efforts. The Councils have established strategic needs within the rural communities which will be reflected in the approved grant agreements.
Regional Councils: The General Assembly has established five regional planning and development councils to concentrate on the needs of specific rural regions and ensure that those areas are not overlooked in public policy discussions. Each council serves a three-county area that is geographically, culturally and socioeconomically similar. By working together and ignoring jurisdictional lines when need be, the rural regions have become stronger and more effective in finding solutions to the challenges before them.
Funding Information
Each regional council is eligible to receive $600,000 in FY2023 for rural regional planning and development assistance.
Eligibility Criteria
Tri-County Council of Western Maryland, Tri-County Council of Southern Maryland, Upper Shore Regional Council, Mid-Shore Regional Council, Tri-County Council of the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland and multicounty efforts serving rural communities in areas not served by the regional councils.
For more information, visit RMPIF.
For more information, visit https://rural.maryland.gov/grant-opportunities/