From the Sustainable Communities Initiative at HUD:
The National Endowment for the Arts released funding guidelines for Our Town, its primary placemaking grant program. Our Town will invest grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 in creative and innovative projects in which communities, along with their arts and design organizations, seek to improve quality of life; foster stronger community identity; encourage greater creative activity; and revitalize economic development. Applications are due by January 14, 2013 and guidelines are available here. Webinars to learn more will be held November 6 and 13, 2012 at 3:00 pm.
Along a similar theme, ArtPlace, a collaboration of eleven national and regional foundations, several federal agencies, and six of the nation’s largest banks, is accepting Letters of Inquiry until November 1 for its third round of grant funding. ArtPlace believes that art, culture and creativity expressed powerfully through place can create vibrant communities. See for here more information.