{"id":138826,"date":"2023-03-30T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T18:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/?page_id=138826"},"modified":"2023-09-26T20:37:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:37:10","slug":"project-bridged-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/project-bridged-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"(English) Project BRIDGED Grants\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"138826\" class=\"elementor elementor-138826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7fe99cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7fe99cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-706e196\" data-id=\"706e196\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5cf42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea5cf42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chinese American Chamber of Commerce &#8211; MN (CACC-MN) has partnered with the MN Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), in offering <strong>Project BRIDGED<\/strong> (<strong><u>B<\/u><\/strong>ringing <strong><u>R<\/u><\/strong>esources and <strong><u>I<\/u><\/strong>nformation to <strong><u>D<\/u><\/strong>is-connected <strong><u>G<\/u><\/strong>roups for <strong><u>E<\/u><\/strong>conomic <strong><u>D<\/u><\/strong>evelopment) initiative and targeted the area hardest-hit by COVID &#8211; the Gateway District at Bloomington and the Town Center (commercial corridor) at Eden Prairie.\u00a0<\/p><p>Thanks to funding from DEED\u2019s Main Street Economic Revitalization Program, CACC-MN is now accepting proposals for grants to support business recovery and economic development along key commercial corridors impacted by challenges in Gateway District at Bloomington and Town Center at Eden Prairie, with below criteria:<\/p><ol><li>Severely impact by COVID pandemic at the selected locations since 2020;<\/li><li>At least 51% Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) ownership; and pledges to continue such ownership within 5 years after the project completion;<\/li><li>Substantial economic impacts after the development and redevelopment project at the selected area;<\/li><li>Leveraged Grants from CACC-MN can cover up to 30% of an Eligible Project cost up to $750,000 in state funds.\u00a0 Grants must be matched with non state\/non federal funds at 200% of the state\u2019s portion of the grant.\u00a0\u00a0 These funds can only be used for capital investments, such as:<ul><li>Repair or renovation of real property, including expansions and additions;<\/li><li>Demolition, site preparation, and building construction (either interior or exterior of the building)<\/li><li>Landscaping, streetscaping, and related site amenities;<\/li><li>Engineering, pre-design, and design work;<\/li><li>BUT DO NOT INCLUDE: the purchase of real estate or business operations or funding ongoing business operating expenses.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><p>PLEASE NOTE:<\/p><ul><li>Only project costs that occur after a project has been awarded can be counted towards meeting the matching requirements of a leveraged grant.<\/li><li>Only project costs that meet the same eligibility requirements for grant expenditures can count towards meeting the matching requirements of a leveraged grant.<\/li><\/ul><p>These grants are part of CACC-MN&#8217;s efforts to support AAPI businesses.\u00a0 The awards will be announced in the coming weeks.\u00a0 All grants will be distributed through a community-centered process, with significant guidance from local stakeholder tables assembled in these areas in response to the crises of 2020. <strong>THE DUE DATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 20TH, 2023.<\/strong><\/p><p>Please review the enclosed Application Package.\u00a0 All inquiries to:<\/p><p>Chinese American Chamber of Commerce (CACC)<\/p><p>Address: 7901 12th\u00a0Ave. S, Bloomington, MN 55425<\/p><p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">https:\/\/caccmn.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/p><p>Email: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:qiuyang@caccmn.org\">qiuyang@caccmn.org <\/a><\/span>\u00a0*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact person: Dr. Qiuyang Zhang<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b8535 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c9b8535\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ExtendedProjectBRIDGED_GrantApplication_DEED_Form_Final.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-arrow-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Apply Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese American Chamber of Co [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138826"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139248,"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138826\/revisions\/139248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caccmn.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}