Key Points
- Our Town is the National Endowment for the Arts' creative placemaking grants program.
- Our Town projects engage a wide range of local stakeholders in efforts to advance local economic, physical, and social outcomes in communities.
- Funding guidelines are updated, and applications are accepted on an annual basis.
- Applicants may request an amount between $25,000-$150,000, with a required minimum nonfederal cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
FIM Opportunities
These grants could be used for partners engaged in Food Is Medicine efforts within communities to amplify or demonstrate the connection between food, culture, and health.
A Reason To Survive in partnership with National City, California, supported the design and creation of public art that promotes access to healthy foods. Local youth collaborated with teaching artists to design and fabricate murals that are located at two convenience stores.
The project is part of a larger initiative to increase awareness of and access to healthy food options in National City, California, designated as a food desert by the United States Department of Agriculture.
