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One Neighborhood at a Time: How Greenlining the Block is Building Climate Resilience with Community at the Center
Greenlining’s latest initiative, Greenlining the Block partners with the leadership and expertise of communities of color to prepare for, and lead effective climate action that meets community needs. Project partners participate in a curriculum developed by our team to strengthen community capacity which includes four core components:
- Community of Practice to build collective and sustained learning to advance a suite of community-driven climate projects
- 1:1 coaching and technical assistance across pre-development and grant application activities tailored to each partner
- Project proposal development to support community partners to prepare for competitive grant opportunities
- In-person learning tours and site visits
In this video, Greenlining the Block Program Manager Ariadne Villegas explains how Greenlining’s community-centered climate action model is helping local non-profits across the country reinvigorate historically redlined neighborhoods’ economies while mitigating the impacts of climate change.
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About Greenlining the Block:
Greenlining the Block is a bold, community-driven initiative that is changing the face of economic development in neighborhoods across the country. This innovative model puts communities in the driver’s seat and connects them with critical funding to build up their priority climate resilience projects.
By partnering with communities of color–those historically excluded from infrastructure funding and most impacted by climate change–Greenlining the Block is investing in local power, building lasting climate resilience and reversing the legacies of disinvestment fueled by redlining.
Since its launch in 2023 with an initial $6 million commitment, GTB partners have secured over $117 million in additional capital investments funding real, community-led climate solutions across the country.
