Fwd: Build It Green Competition - NJ FUTURE - Application Deadline April 15th

[Tobias Fox]

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To All together North Jersey Partners:

 

Just a reminder that this NEW CSO Technical Assistance rogram is available. The application deadline is APRIL 15^TH!  If you are interested, do not forget to file an app!  Here is what you need to know…

 

The BIG Competition will select 3 New Jersey cities and/or utilities to receive customized technical assistance to design integrated CSO solutions. Selected cities and utilities will also receive engineering services (valued at approximately $17,000 per winner) to support the development of project implementation funding applications for submission following the BIG technical assistance process.

 

Cheers!

 

Vivian

 

Build It Green Competition

The Build it Green (BIG) Competition will provide technical assistance and engineering support services to selected New Jersey cities and utilities to design innovative, financeable projects that reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) while also making neighborhoods and downtowns better places to live, work and invest.

         

The Build it Green (BIG) Competition will provide technical assistance and engineering support services to selected New Jersey cities and utilities to design innovative, financeable projects that reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) while also making neighborhoods and downtowns better places to live, work and invest. For example, roads can be repaved with porous pavement when installing underground broadband infrastructure to improve the economic prospects of local residents and businesses and simultaneously reduce surface water runoff.

The BIG Competition will select three New Jersey cities and/or utilities to receive customized technical assistance to design integrated CSO solutions. Selected cities and utilities will also receive engineering services (valued at approximately $17,000 per winner) to support the development of project implementation funding applications for submission following the BIG technical assistance process.

re:focus partners, working with New Jersey Future, will deploy a team of policy, engineering, design, and finance experts to assist communities in developing integrated CSO solutions. Targeted technical assistance will prepare these communities to apply for funding from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust and/or other funding sources, as soon as they have viable project designs in hand.

New Jersey’s water infrastructure requires massive upgrades statewide, but nowhere is the problem more acute than in those communities with antiquated combined-sewer systems and economically distressed populations.

The BIG Competition is an opportunity to empower these communities to design and finance projects that solve multiple problems at once, and that offer replicable models for the rest of the state and position New Jersey as a national leader in implementing innovative approaches.

Communities interested in applying to the BIG Competition should follow the application guidelines and submit their completed application via email .

Check out our frequently asked questions or contact us .

While most cities have newer wastewater systems with separate sanitary and stormwater sewers, 21 New Jersey communities are still served by older combined systems that discharge untreated sewage and stormwater into waterways during heavy rain and snowmelt events. These New Jersey communities must respond to new state environmental mandates (pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act) that require dramatic reductions in overflow events.The enormity of the needed investment represents a tremendous opportunity to leverage new projects to create multiple benefits for New Jersey communities. The Build it Green (BIG) Initiative will provide technical assistance and engineering support services to selected New Jersey cities and utilities to design innovative, financeable projects that reduce combined sewer overflows (CSOs) while also making neighborhoods and downtowns better places to live, work and invest.

The Build It Green Initiative is a collaborative program developed and led by New Jersey Future and re:focus partners. Support for the BIG Competition was provided by grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s New Jersey Health Initiatives program and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

re:focus partners is a design firm dedicated to developing integrated resilience solutions and innovative public-private partnerships for vulnerable communities around the world. Through large-scale programs like the RE.invest Initiative and the RE.bound Program, re:focus identifies systemic opportunities for innovation to create both public value and new private investment potential through projects with sound financial returns and economic, social, and environmental integrity for the communities they serve. More about re:focus partners. More about the RE.invest Initiative.

New Jersey Future is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that brings together concerned citizens and leaders to promote responsible land-use policies. The organization employs original research, analysis and advocacy to build coalitions and drive land-use policies that help revitalize cities and towns, protect natural lands and farms, provide more transportation choices beyond cars, expand access to safe and affordable neighborhoods and fuel a prosperous economy. More recently, New Jersey Future has expanded its work to include local engagement and implementation, most notably in Sandy-affected communities. Through its work facilitating Jersey Water Works, New Jersey Future has built relationships with elected officials, staff, nonprofit organizations and community groups working in many of New Jersey’s CSO communities, as well as at the state level.

 

 

 

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Vivian E. Baker

Assistant Director, Transit Friendly Land Use & Development

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