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<br />Rank Applicant <br />Name Project Name Project Summary Amount <br />Requested <br />Recommended <br />Funding <br />Total <br />Score <br />(out of <br />26) <br />1 Table <br />Ministries, Inc. <br />Twin Creeks <br />Farm Expansion <br />A partnership between <br />Wildflower Lane Farm and <br />Table to use unused land at <br />an undeveloped Orange <br />County Park (Twin Creeks) to <br />increase locally sourced, <br />nutritious food to feed children <br />served by Table. <br />$50,000 $30,000 21.57 <br />2 <br />Urban <br />Sustainability <br />Solutions, Inc. <br />High-School <br />Students <br />Installing Riparian <br />Buffers <br />Installation of sustainable <br />stormwater management <br />measures in historically <br />underserved communities <br />utilizing public HS teachers <br />and students in a certified <br />green infrastructure training <br />program to implement these <br />measures, especially in areas <br />affected by tropical storm <br />Chantal. <br />$52,000 $38,000 21.35 <br />3 <br />Habitat for <br />Humanity of <br />Orange County, <br />NC <br />Weatherization & <br />Disaster Resilient <br />Housing <br />Weatherization repairs for 11 <br />homes $150,000 $0 20.56 <br />4 Town of <br />Carrboro <br />Carrboro Energy <br />Efficiency <br />Program <br />This initiative reduces energy <br />burdens in Carrboro by <br />providing residents with <br />education, home energy <br />audits, energy-saving kits, and <br />guided access to rebates and <br />electrification upgrades <br />through trained community <br />leaders, resulting in lower bills <br />for over 230 households. <br />$29,145 $29,145 20.31 <br />5 Trees for the <br />Triangle <br />Tree Planting and <br />Education <br />The project will plant 200 <br />trees, distribute 2,000 <br />seedlings, and offer <br />workshops on climate-resilient <br />tree care to expand the native <br />tree canopy in low-equity, <br />climate-vulnerable <br />neighborhoods through a Pay- <br />What-You-Can planting <br />program. <br />$50,000 $30,000 20.10 <br />6 Red Hawk <br />Farm, LLC <br />Renewable <br />Energy <br />Infrastructure for <br />the Future of <br />Farms <br />52-acre organic farm <br />supplying high-quality produce <br />year-round using soil-based <br />greenhouse production and <br />technical growing strategies <br />seeks funds to transition from <br />fossil-fuel dependence to <br />renewable energy systems by <br />replacing single phase with 3- <br />phase power to enable solar <br />installation. <br />$30,000 $30,000 19.74 <br />7 <br />Upstream <br />Works — on <br />behalf of <br />Carolina <br />Community <br />Compost <br />Carolina <br />Community <br />Compost <br />Supplies, services, outreach <br />materials and labor to expand <br />a compost program into 7 new <br />neighborhoods and 1 church <br />$30,478 $21,300 19.70 <br />2Docusign Envelope ID: B7F69C66-F314-4506-B393-F26F9CEC96B0