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Urban Ecology, Inc. Grant
Organization - Urban Ecology, Inc.
Grant Amount - $126,000
Foundation - California Endowment
Grant Purpose - East Bay Greenway: To increase opportunities for physical activity by supporting the development of a community-driven conceptual plan to guide the construction of a multi-use pathway within the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) corridor from East Oakland to Hayward in Alameda County.
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Communities for a Better Environment - $305,000 from the California Endowment - Hegenberger Corridor Project: To support a community organizing and advocacy effort to document, educate and mobilize the public about the environmental health and equity aspects of a ten-year redevelopment initiative for the I-880 (Hegenberger)...
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology - $266,274 from the Moore Foundation - This grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will be used to investigate the requirements, feasibility, and design of microwave guide star systems for large adaptive array optical telescopes. Microwave guide star systems are based...
Mandela Marketplace - $210,626 from the California Endowment - Foods Cooperative: To build skills of low-income Oakland residents to create more permanent methods of providing healthy foods to low-income residents in the West Oakland area of Alameda County.
Transportation and Land Use Coalition - $425,000 from the California Endowment - Building Healthy Communities through Transit-Oriented Development: To support the engagement of residents, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders in a comprehensive approach to building healthy communities that promotes physical...
OBUGS - $24,770 from the California Endowment - Promoting Community-Sustained Agriculture in West Oakland: To build the capacity of a culturally appropriate urban farm and food distribution initiative serving residents of West Oakland to position the project as a model and advisor for Oakland.
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