The Department of Land Conservation and Development's (DLCD) Community Green Infrastructure (CGI) Program offers grants for green infrastructure projects, native seed banks and native plant nurseries, and green infrastructure master plans. Green infrastructure is infrastructure that mimics natural systems, such as urban green space and parks, trees, rain gardens, and bioswales, among others. It offers a wide array of social, environmental, and economic benefits, including:
- Climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration
- Stormwater management
- Lower temperatures
- Air and noise pollution reduction
- Energy savings
- Economic development and creation of local jobs
- Public health improvements
- Water conservation and quality improvements
- Erosion and flood control
- Park and open space creation
- Urban forest benefits
- Wetlands and riparian area restoration
- Habitat improvements
- Aquifer recharge and higher stream flows
- Enhanced community livability
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The program will award grants in four categories:
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Community green infrastructure projects developed through a collaborative process and benefiting an environmental justice community (defined in Oregon Revised Statutes 182.535), includes both planning and development of projects;
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Community green infrastructure economic development projects, which are community green infrastructure projects that employ members of a community that benefits from the project, includes both planning and development of projects;
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Native seed banks or native plant nurseries; and
- Supporting and implementing
green infrastructure master plans, including urban forestry plans, stormwater management plans, and parks and public green space plans.
The application window will close at 5:00 pm on December 2, 2024.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Consultation Form
If you will be applying for a grant for a Community Green Infrastructure Project or for a Green Infrastructure Development Project, you must fill out the
Consultation Form. This form records consultation on developing your application with local governments, electric and water utilities, and (for some projects) the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Start working on this form as early as possible. You must give local governments and electric and water utilities up to 30 days to respond.
How to Apply
- Register with WebGrants at this link: https://orforestry.webgrantscloud.com/index.do.
- DLCD is sharing an application platform with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). You will see ODF’s logo on the application website. If you have already registered with WebGrants to apply for a grant through ODF’s Urban and Community Forestry Program, you do not need to register again.
- Once your registration is approved, you will receive two emails from WebGrants, one with your user name and one with a temporary password. Log into WebGrants and update your password.
- Read all the requirements and guidance in the Call for Applications.
- Use the Application Template to help you prepare your application prior to entering it online.
- To access the Community Green Infrastructure application form, click “Funding Opportunities” and then “DLCD Community Green Infrastructure Grant."
ORS 197.471 requires the Community Green Infrastructure Program to award grants to satisfy three separate allocations, listed below. If a project counts toward one (or more) allocation it may be more likely to be selected. Proposed projects that do not fit within any of the allocations are still eligible but may be less likely to be selected.
- Planning or developing green infrastructure economic development projects: at least 30 percent.
- Entities or projects located in green infrastructure improvement zones: at least 40 percent.
The Oregon Department of Forestry has designated green infrastructure improvement zones as required by
ORS 526.520. Find the map
here. - Entities or projects in tribal, rural, remote, or coastal communities: at least 30 percent.
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Rural and Remote communities: Communities outside of Oregon’s metropolitan and micropolitan regions.
The map is available
here.
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Coastal communities: Coastal communities are those that are in
Oregon’s coastal zone, as defined by the
Oregon Coastal Management Program. The Oregon coastal zone includes the state's coastal watersheds and extends seaward three nautical miles and inland to the crest of the coast range, with a few exceptions:
- Along the Umpqua River, where it extends upstream to Scottsburg; Along the Rogue River, where it extends upstream to Agness; and
- In the Columbia River Basin, where it extends upstream to the downstream end of Puget Island.
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Tribal communities: Communities on the reservation and trust land of a federally recognized tribe in Oregon.
Legislative Reports
Report to the Legislature – 2024
Advisory Committee
DLCD has appointed members to an
Advisory Committee on Community Green Infrastructure Investment to advise on the implementation of the Community Green Infrastructure Grant program and make biennial reports to the legislature on the program.
Other Related Grant Opportunities
The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Urban & Community Forestry (UCF) received $26.6 million to stand up two
subaward programs.
23-DG-11062765-093 offers $10 million explicitly devoted to the nine Federally Recognized Tribes of Oregon, and
24-DG-11062765-084 offers $12.5 million available to all eligible entities in the State of Oregon.