{"id":9321,"date":"2018-03-16T13:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T17:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=9321"},"modified":"2018-03-16T13:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T17:04:04","slug":"maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-announces-fiscal-year-2019-application-round-for-state-revitalization-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2018\/03\/16\/maryland-department-of-housing-and-community-development-announces-fiscal-year-2019-application-round-for-state-revitalization-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Application Round for State Revitalization Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Application Round for State Revitalization Programs<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anticipated Funding Available from Community Legacy, the Strategic Demolition Fund-Statewide and the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>NEW CARROLLTON, Md. (March 16, 2018)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is announcing the FY19 application round for three State Revitalization Programs \u2013 Community Legacy, Strategic Demolition Fund \u2013 Statewide (all non-Baltimore City) and the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These programs offer funding to support local housing, community and economic development and revitalization projects. They are part of the department\u2019s commitment to helping the state\u2019s local governments and nonprofit agencies achieve their community revitalization and economic development goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Specifically, Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s Fiscal Year 2019 proposed budget items include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Community Legacy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: $6 million capital funds*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Strategic Demolition Fund \u2013 Statewide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: $3.5 million capital funds*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: $3 million capital funds and $750,000 operating funds*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*All FY19 funding levels are pending approval by the Maryland General Assembly.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The online State Revitalization Program application is anticipated to open on April 11, 2018, at which time applicants will have access to the application under the \u201cMy Opportunities\u201d tab within the Project Portal System at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/projectportal.dhcd.state.md.us\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/projectportal.dhcd.state.md.us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Eligible applicants who are new users must register in the system to gain access. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Applications are due Wednesday, May 16, 2018<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Projects must be located in one of Maryland\u2019s designated Sustainable Communities, areas targeted for revitalization. To see your jurisdiction\u2019s Sustainable Community boundaries, please use the online revitalization mapping tool found at this website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhcd.state.md.us\/GIS\/revitalize\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/www.dhcd.state.md.us\/GIS\/revitalize\/index.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Projects should help achieve the strategies outlined in a local government\u2019s Sustainable Communities plan. All Sustainable Community plans can be found online: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/dn\/communities.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/dn\/communities.aspx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional program information is found on the following websites:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Community Legacy: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/CL.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/CL.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strategic Demolition Fund &#8211; Statewide: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/SDF.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/SDF.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/BRNI.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/dhcd.maryland.gov\/Communities\/Pages\/programs\/BRNI.aspx<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<p><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Sara Luell, Director of Communications, <\/span><a href=\"mailto:sara.luell@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sara.luell@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">301-429-7803<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Announces Fiscal Year 2019 Application Round for State Revitalization Programs Anticipated Funding Available from Community Legacy, the Strategic Demolition Fund-Statewide and the Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative NEW CARROLLTON, Md. 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