Turn a Handout to a Handshake - Creating Partnerships for Grant Funding Success

From economic development, to comprehensive planning, to infrastructure improvement design and implementation, State or Federal grant funding and low-interest financing is often the key to changing a deferred community dream into and an implemented project. To stand-out in a competitive field of funding applications, now is the time to “Turn a handout into a handshake” to put your community in the strongest position to receive funds from perennially over-subscribed State and Federal pools. This presentation, delivered by development professionals with proven track records of funding success, provides actionable strategies for working together with funding agencies to help them achieve their mission by investing in yours.
Today’s presentation is by Laberge Group, Ben Syden, AICP, Vice President and Nicole Allen, AICP, Director of Planning and Community Development