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The Metro Schools, which was founded through a partnership with The Ohio State University, is expanding its new Agriscience Futures Academy. The program promotes STEM education (science, technology, engineering and math) through the study of agriculture among middle and high school students. The Metro Schools moved to a new location earlier this year at 420 E. 19th Ave. and is continuing its relationship with Ohio State. The Agriscience Futures Academy is a partnership between Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, the Metro Early College Middle School, the PAST Foundation and the Mezzacello Urban Farm. Learn more.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding the Controlled Environment pilot crop insurance program to an additional 48 counties in 17 states for 2026 and succeeding crop years. The Controlled Environment program from USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is specifically for plants grown in fully enclosed controlled environments and provides coverage against plant diseases subject to destruction orders. Per the USDA RMA website (2/24/25), the Ohio counties include Cuyahoga, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, and Wayne. Learn more.
Sourced from USDA News 2/19/25
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The Local Data for Equitable Communities grant program, a collaboration between the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, seeks to help nonprofits use data to catalyze local action, address inequities, and ensure all residents can live their healthiest lives.
The program is calling for new proposals, due March 18, 2025, and plans to fund 30 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) nonprofits working in housing, transportation, community safety, climate and environment, the built environment, and other conditions in a place. Each grantee will receive $50,000 to cover project implementation, peer learning opportunities, and technical assistance from the Urban Institute on data, policy, and community engagement.
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The National Urban Extension Leaders (NUEL) North Central Regional Conference in late May in Cedar Rapids, IA.
The Organizing Committee for the 2025 North-Central NUEL Regional Conference is excited to announce their Call for Proposals. The conference will be held May 27-29, 2025, at Kirkwood Linn County Regional Conference Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The application deadline for session proposals is February 11, 2025, with notification to applicants coming by the end of February. You can learn more about the call for proposals at the following link: North Central Regional Conference - Call for Proposals | National Urban Extension Leaders | Connect Registration is not yet open.
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This book lays out the promise and potential of schools as community-building institutions. It explores the challenges faced in incorporating schools into broader community development policy, and also recognizes the changing demographics of schools and their need to integrate with economic development policy in order to promote broader community development. The book includes chapters on tax abatements and economic development policy impacts on schools, new approaches to school building renovation, the potential and reach of shared services between communities and schools, and the impact of school-based health centers. It also offers a theory to integrate schools into community development. Key elements include shared power between communities and schools, greater transparency in economic development policy, collaboration across the broad range of community actors, and engagement of diverse voices.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 license. Jason Reese from The Ohio State University is one of the editors. Direct link.
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