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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mass.gov/service-details/coastal-resilience-grant-program" target="_blank" title="https://www.mass.gov/service-details/coastal-resilience-grant-program">Coastal
Resilience Grants</a></span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> -
<span style="color:black">The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) announces the availability of<span style="background:white"> approximately $3 million in funding to coastal communities and eligible nonprofit organizations to reduce risks
associated with coastal storms and sea level rise impacts. Eligible coastal resilience initiatives include vulnerability and risk assessment, planning and public outreach, redesigning and retrofitting vulnerable municipally owned facilities and infrastructure,
and non-structural shoreline restoration approaches (such as beach, berm, and dune building; fringing salt marsh restoration; and coastal bank stabilization using bioengineering techniques). See the Request for Responses (RFR) on the
</span></span></span><a href="https://www.commbuys.com/bso/external/bidDetail.sdo?bidId=BD-21-1042-CZM-ENV40-61020&parentUrl=activeBids"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">COMMBUYS website</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">for eligibility requirements, project categories, evaluation criteria, and important application deadlines. Proposals are due by 4:00 p.m. on May 24.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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