Access Grant Virtual Workshop Series for Local Governments

Registration priority is given to participants who work in North Carolina's 20 Coastal Counties. Workshop recordings will be made available for those interested who are not located in a coastal county.

You must register for each session separately. The sessions are designed to complement each other. Workshops will be hosted on Webex. 

Virtual Workshop Sessions:

• Thursday, January 21 – 9:30am-12:00pm
  • Registration  
  • Homework: Review Successful Pre-Proposal (TBA)

• Tuesday, January 26 – 9:30am-12:00pm  
  • Registration
  • Homework: Review Successful Proposal (TBA) 

Agenda

Workshop objectives – Participants will:

• Learn what makes a successful grant proposal;
• Learn about grant opportunities for communities to acquire land and make improvements to beach and waterfront access, parks and boating facilities;
• Learn how to leverage funding from multiple grant sources;
• Network with funding agency representatives to help inform grant proposal development.

Continuing education credits: 

2.5 credits/virtual session for synchronous participation 

• American Institute of Certified Planners - pending approval
• N.C. Board of Landscape Architects - pending approval
• Certified Floodplain Managers - pending approval
• Engineers will be given certificates of participation to file for PDHs