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Northeast-Midwest Institute Weekly Update
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December 14, 2009

In This Issue

Appropriations Move Through House and Senate
Free Webinar on DOE Loan Guarantee
Great Waters Coalition Launched
Energy Conservation & Historic Preservation
HUD Brownfields Programs Rescued
2010 Soil & Water Conservation Conference

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Congress Passes "Minibus" Appropriations Bill
Last week, Congress passed a "minibus" appropriations bill - combining six Fiscal
Year 2010 appropriations bills (Commerce, Justice, Science; Financial Services; 
Labor, HHS, Education; Military Construction-Veterans Affairs; State-Foreign Operations;
Transportation/HUD) into one bill.
The House passed the bill on Friday on a 221-202 vote [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102885265468&s=1317&e=001SKeP4vZwHOZDNRaAEeahkmOxcyQPeN3ZPGDxauyRSYrIAntX5ajA9ml0t3YlgH-1RzpAyRv5jCwRqkDq7yjRd5sbJCx_GrQilJPr8Qg8uEr0AFzzv8jTYnO3RELLwLBrxyGCLQqoboVSmdZ7RJo37w==].
 On Sunday, the Senate passed the bill on a 57-35 vote [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102885265468&s=1317&e=001SKeP4vZwHOajOQep5PSPgEcaNaH4FVFJ9s8Ug1UQyNT4MPN3AniXQaqWp-Sg1MPN_NuLQAyXjolE-qzUEMkGzUbUZ7_7amxwGjIdC2hSJo0aMWpufGHR8hHys-Tf8QzVNoLlNt6x_PaskXnjXzw1tkXQDWBusx6DsKyL7QGHIy4L-C7YBcOXNeEKoEFCO5sb5DRWqyzyhPbpowKqzZLlB-Bnm4HD3QmX5MyK6TVpMOb0mZSC08LqZw==].
 The package of bills now goes to the President to be signed into law.
More information can be found on both the House [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102885265468&s=1317&e=001SKeP4vZwHOaNDvqiSSsMQGGQqhASY4ojeq5ISjLJKFyok2eaqKdTrAJJMi1YkcAb0Cu07XKzGFtZlehRrPrXad3z0A-BiXgpdu1nIFYc7A_PDzYTCv0hDgVxrrKiidFgfEI_fOxaLCBDUoqEKaCFElwN1qIYBRfd]
and Senate  [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102885265468&s=1317&e=001SKeP4vZwHOaxutQML9YvZvmhd7UMj6T-MKLsRkzd6yRgaFDHjYf0zdR0PkpAaLz5m8H5tWCYIIvkrAQwKPGf60ZDHAgw9Meq8djyCUuI6z8vftnFNqEeqFhtydue4mO-]Appropriations
Committee Websites.
The bill contains the following funding important to the region:
Commerce, Justice, Science
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP): $124.7 million
Technology Innovation Program (TIP): $69.9 million
Trade Adjustment Assistance: $15.8 million
Coastal Zone Management Act: $68.146 million
National Sea Grant College Program: $63.0 million
Labor, HHS, Education
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP): $5.1 billion
(Note: $4,509,672,000 in block grant funding, $590,328,000 for the contingency fund.
 The bill also continues the split formula used in FY09.)
Transportation, HUD
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Formula Funds: $3,990,068,480
Section 108 Loans: $6 million
HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI): $17.5 million
HOME Investment Partnerships Program: $1.825 billion
Sustainable Communities Initiative: $150 million
Economic Development Initiative: $172,843,570 ($22,087,950 for neighborhood initiatives;
the rest is allocated to individual, congressionally-directed spending projects)
HOPE VI (revitalization of distressed public housing): $200 million
(Note: HOPE VI funding includes $65 million for Choice Neighborhoods Initiative)
Amtrak: $1.6 billion
Federal Transit Administration: $10.73 billion
Capital Assistance for High-Speed Rail and Intercity Passenger Rail Service: $2.5
billion
FTA Capital Investment Grants: $2.0 billion

For more information contact Chris Hickling [mailto:Chris_Hickling at reed.senate.gov],
Legislative Director, Northeast-Midwest Senate Coalition.
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Free Informational Webinar on DOE Loan Guarantee Program
On December 16 at 3pm EST, the Northeast-Midwest Institute, in coordination with
 the Congressional Urban Caucus and the Revitalizing Older Cities Task Force, will
sponsor a free webinar about the Department of Energy's ARRA Funded Loan Guarantee
Program.  The DOE program has the potential to be a great opportunity to re-build
economies and re-use brownfields through the use of renewable energy projects.
The webinar will provide an overview of the loan guarantee program and explain key
components of the recently released Request For Information (RFI) for state, regional
and local development finance organizations.  Click here for more information  [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102885265468&s=1317&e=001SKeP4vZwHOYJ2MVV0KMZSeU2El2zMpBtYrHV7KuauNW6NSH9uI7dP-c3VyTyKd6ue0h0L6i-1UUnATSJ_WXWgx3PwGoQZoylw5i_BursXC0D-ArZ68BgZ3mINEiQq7cyYeG_0OMBkc8YZHTd3B_JH2FAW1UQf3Ylgl6GS1zs5BuzK0Bs9VQ5WWxHuv65jrp5Ek6HjGv5kHqSPZaL2JFHxEep1o_JVvhB5UvIC93g6FsItmKtMVo7JNxG9RAneqBRz7FTq4guV3XLLJsFPtrC6llLzTfKjXG7kXYgfpvAdo7PDv_1iKnyZI_r3NUZ9jL0]or
here to register for the webinar [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102878623271&s=1&e=001C_n5N2taFhhpIyODCuGvASCbjcrftuAqTowFB5gWSlbRzON4ykJgabda9VoPHnirQ5ztbUQMn6-cKz32H-TOnK4JI_55tEZ8hgeA2A-bZ1UiwjBuNubqrAPdUOqSJgytjzy8tnzdhA-ZXCAthyLZig==].
For questions or comments contact Greg Lewis, 202-464-4005.
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Great Waters Coalition Launched
On December 8, more than 30 organizations launched the America's Great Waters Coalition
in an event in the U.S. Capitol Visitors center. The goals of the America's Great
Waters Coalition are to make the restoration of the nation's great waters a national
priority; secure sustainable dedicated funding for restoration; and enact and ensure
sound implementation of restoration projects. Read more about the Coalition at this
site. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.tcblqedab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.nwf.org%2Fsite%2FPageServer%3Fpagename%3DGreatWaters_MainPage]

For more information, contact Mark Gorman  [mailto:mgorman at nemw.org](202/464-4015)
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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Energy Conservation and Historic Preservation
NEMW's analysis of the "Environmental and Energy Conservation Benefits of the Maryland
Historic Tax Credit Program" [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.rpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2Fenvironment_energy_benefits_of_MHT_for_the_forum.pdf]
was published in the Fall 2009 issue of Forum Journal [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.spnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.preservationnation.org%2Fforum%2F],
the Journal of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  NEMW devotes a section
of our Revitalizing Older Cities website to Preservation, Smart Growth and Climate
Change [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.tpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D21%26Itemid%3D154%23preservation-smartgrowth-climate].
For more information contact Evans Paull [mailto:epaull at nemw.org], (202/329-4282)
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

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HUD Brownfields Programs Rescued
The HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) and HUD 108 programs 
were rescued in the Transportation HUD Appropriations Conference Committee.  BEDI
got a boost - $17.5 million, which is $7.5 million above the FY 09 level and HUD
 108 was continued at $6 million (leverages $275 million in loans).  BEDI and HUD
108 were eliminated in the Obama budget and in the Senate Appropriations Bill, but
the House appropriated $25 million for BEDI and $6 million for HUD 108.
The Northeast-Midwest Institute coordinated a campaign - including the National 
Brownfields Coalition, Smart Growth America [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.upnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smartgrowthamerica.org%2F],
the National Association Housing and Redevelopment Organizations [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.vpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nahro.org%2F]
(NAHRO), and LOCUS (Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors Group) - to
 provide Congress with the documented benefits of these programs and the reasons
 that BEDI and HUD 108 fill a unique niche that cannot be addressed through the 
EPA Brownfields Program or the HUD CDBG Program.  The campaign was bolstered by 
letters from the mayors of Philadelphia [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.wpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FPhilly%2520Spector%2520HUD%2520Letter.PDF],
Tacoma [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.xpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FTacoma%2520HUD%2520108-BEDI%2520Support%2520Letter-Sen.%2520Murray.pdf],
Cleveland [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.ypnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FCleveland%2520-%2520BEDI_HUD%2520108%2520Letter%2520Senator%2520Voinovich%2520from%2520Mayor%2520Jackson.pdf],
Cincinnati [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.zpnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FCinc%2520HUD%2520108-%2520BEDI%2520approp%2520letter%2520-%2520Voinovich%252020091029.pdf],
and Baltimore [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.9pnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FMayor%2520Dixon%2520-%2520Huds%2520BEDI%2520%2520and%2520HUD%2520108%2520Appropriations.pdf]
- as well as the Economic Development Director of Pittsburgh [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.8pnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FPitttsburgh%252010.26.09%2520letter%2520to%2520Specter.pdf],
a group of 16 local governments and non-governmental organizations in Wisconsin 
[http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.7pnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2Fusers%2Fepaull%2FWisconsin%2520ltr%2520kohl%2520conference.PDF],
and a letter from the National Brownfields Coalition  [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.6pnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nemw.org%2Fimages%2FHUD%252520brownfields%252520budget%252520ltr%252520senate%252520conference.pdf]co-signed
by 22 organizations.
For more information, contact Evans Paull  [mailto:epaull at nemw.org](202/329-4282)
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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2010 Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference
Conservation professionals are encouraged to submit abstracts for oral and poster
presentations as well as symposia descriptions for the 2010 Soil and Water Conservation
Society Annual Conference to be held July 18-21 in St. Louis, Missouri. This year
the overarching theme of the conference is: "Ecosystem Services: Applications for
Conservation Science, Policy, and Practice." Abstracts must be received by December
17, 2009.  For more information visit their website [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=7bilredab.0.5pnoredab.vbdlu7cab.1317&ts=S0434&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swcs.org%2Findex.cfm%3FnodeID%3D20605].


For more information, contact Mark Gorman  [mailto:mgorman at nemw.org](202/464-4015)
at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

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