The Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant provides $100,000 for “Early Action Activities.” These are targeted physical improvements in the Historic Midtown Neighborhood (including Palmetto Park, Caroline Village, and Walnut Oak) that take place during the planning process. Early Action Activities do the following:1. Provide innovative solutions to neighborhood challenges2. Help further the transformation of the neighborhood.
Early Action Activities support the planning process through engaging the community, building capacity, fostering social cohesion, or otherwise reinforcing the planning process.They must be responsive to the neighborhood’s needs and must be used for physical community development or economic development projects.
