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EVALUATION CRITERIA <br />1. The applicant must be: (1) a tribal, state, local, or regional government; or (2) an <br />incorporated nonprofit organization incorporated or domiciled in the United States that has a <br />demonstrated partnership with a governmental agency. Applicants must be located in, and <br />project activities must be conducted within, the United States, Puerto Rico, or a territory or <br />possession of the U.S. <br />2. Technical assistance will be provided to integrate the principles of smart growth into state or <br />local planning processes to promote infill development. The assistance must relate to policy <br />analysis or public participatory processes that will improve the overall climate for brownfields <br />redevelopment as well as revitalization of other infill sites. <br />DCED will not consider applications that have a principal purpose of providing *training, <br />research, and technical assistance to individuals and organizations to facilitate the inventory of <br />brownfaeld sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, site preparation, or <br />community involvement associated with the clean-up, assessment, or inventory of brownfield <br />properties. EPA funds these types of projects only under the Office of Brownftelds Cleanup and <br />Redevelopment's "Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grants and <br />Cooperative Agreement Program. " <br />We will consider applications for policy analysis or public participatory processes (as illustrated <br />by the bulleted list on pages 1 and 2) associated with the smart growth redevelopment of infill <br />generally in a city, county, state, or on tribal lands that includes brownfields sites as well as other <br />types of sites. However, community-involvement activities associated with the clean-up, <br />assessment, or inventory of individual brownfield sites are not eligible for funding under this <br />RFA. <br />3. The community, region, or state must have a demonstrated understanding of and commitment <br />to the principles of smart growth. Applicants should describe actions that the community, region, <br />or state has taken to address the location and design of development, regardless of whether they <br />have been successful. EPA is looking for applicants that have already learned about the <br />principles of smart growth and now want implementation assistance. <br />4. The community, region, or state must clearly be facing a development-related challenge, <br />whether it involves growth pressures, attracting more development, or planning for the future, <br />and must have identified opportunities for changing the way it handles growth. The application <br />should include a discussion of growth conditions in the area of interest, as well as assets and <br />challenges to implementing smart growth practices. The application should also specify the type <br />of assistance (policy analysis or public participatory processes) being requested and how it will <br />be applied. <br />5. The application must have a specific, clearly defined project, and there must be a clear <br />5 <br /> <br />Smart Growth Implementation Assistance-2007 Request for Applications