CoastSmart Communities Initiative Grant

CoastSmart Communities Initiative Grant

Program Name: CoastSmart Communities Initiative Grant

Resource Type: State

State: Maryland, Mid-Atlantic

Agency: Program Source: Technical/Planning Assistance

Description: The CoastSmart Communities Initiative provides financial and technical assistance to local governments to promote the incorporation of natural resource and/or coastal management issues into local planning and permitting activities (a program change). Preference is given to projects that focus specifically on reducing community vulnerability to the effects of sea level rise through the modification of ordinances, codes, plans and programs.

Website: http://www.dnr.state.md.us/ccp/pdfs/CCIRP12.pdf