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Evansville staff: EPA freezes Community Change grant; city adopted 2025 climate action plan and will build an online dashboard
Summary
Lauren Norvell, staff, told the Evansville Climate Collaborative Board on April 15 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a termination notice for the city—s Community Change grant and later rescinded that termination, but the grant funds remain frozen.
Lauren Norvell, staff, told the Evansville Climate Collaborative Board on April 15 that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a termination notice for the city—s Community Change grant and later rescinded that termination, but the grant funds remain frozen.
The freeze has prevented the city from starting work on the grant project, Norvell said: "we were supposed to start our project March 17 and we still haven't gotten any funds released, so we can't enter contracts or hire the staff we need to implement the grant project, so we're just kind of in a holding pattern until we know more." She said staff are working…
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