The Arts Endowment’s support of a project may start on October 1, 2015, or any time thereafter, and extend for up to two years.OUR TOWN:
Grant Program DescriptionArt works to support creative, economically-competitive, healthy, resilient, and opportunity-rich communities.

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an essential part of building a strong community, as important as land-use, transportation, education, housing, infrastructure, and public safety.

Artists and community development practitioners across our nation --sometimes one and the same, sometimes working together -- are striving to make places more livable with enhanced quality of life, increased creative activity, a distinct sense of place, and vibrant local economies that together capitalize on their existing assets.

The NEA defines these efforts as Creative Placemaking.Through Our Town, subject to the availability of funding, the National Endowment for the Arts will provide a limited number of grants for creative placemaking projects that contribute towards the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and resilient places with the arts at their core.

Our Town prioritizes partnerships between arts organizations and government, private, and nonprofit organizations to achieve livability goals for communities.Our Town offers support for projects in two areas:• Arts Engagement, Cultural Planning, and Design Projects that represent the distinct character and quality of their communities• Projects that Build Knowledge About Creative Placemaking