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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is offering three (3) mini grants of $4,950 each to eligible entities to expand upon the Healthy Eating & Active Living Program’s Rhode Island Streets Transformation Project, supporting demonstration projects that showcase the benefits of community design to promote physical activity and active transportation.
Eligible projects include:
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Implement temporary demonstration/tactical urbanism projects - temporary bicycle lanes and public spaces, traffic calming for a day or a month, colorful crosswalks, turning parking lots into pop-up parks
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Coordinate the development of or education/advocacy for Green and Complete Streets ordinances - Coordinating a Green and Complete Streets presentation to a city or town council, paying a law firm or advocacy organization to draft an ordinance, Community organizing activities to support ordinance passage, plan development, or project implementation (eligible applicants will be from municipalities without G/CS ordinances)
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Provide opportunities for community engagement and mobilization - putting on open streets events, leading neighborhood walks, bike rides, dance classes, or other outdoor activities, starting a walking or biking school bus program, hosting bicycle/scooter safety education workshops, public art installations or performances on/alongside current and future bit paths, sidewalks, or bus stops, or mobilizing community members to advocate for the implementation of existing G/CS ordinances
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Other appropriate and relevant ideas for supporting greener, safer streets and active transportation.
Eligible applicants must be affiliated with or a part of a nonprofit, municipality, community- based agency, coalition, and/or grassroots organization that has a Federal Employer Identification Number or Federal Tax Identification Number. For-profit entities are not eligible.
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