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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">Greetings Local Public Health Partners –
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">I hope that most of you are now aware of the growing partnership between the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Public Health Division. The
two agencies are actively looking at areas of work including data, policy, funding criteria and other aspects of planning and executing transportation projects in Oregon, with an eye toward increasing the extent to which all communities provide safe places
to walk, bike and be more active.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">HPCDP staff have been involved with the Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) Program, which is a joint program between ODOT and the Department
of Land Conservation and Development. TGM has an annual grant program that funds jurisdictions to do things like update their comprehensive plan or transportation system plan, or create a special plan for modes like bike/ped or transit, or to address issues
like high crash corridors. TGM also provides workshops and publications (e.g. helpful school siting handbook:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/docs/schoolsitinghandbook.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/docs/schoolsitinghandbook.pdf</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">2014 TGM Grants have been announced.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333"> HPCDP staff (Heather
Gramp) was asked to review all applications this year from a health angle, and conversations continue as to how we can help TGM, at a state level, promote greater public health linkage to assessment, community engagement, technical advising or other steps
in planning. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">The 2014 Transportation and Growth Management grant awards have been posted at</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/docs/Grants/TGM-14/TGM-14%20Awards.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/docs/Grants/TGM-14/TGM-14%20Awards.pdf</a> If you see your local partners or jurisdictions on the list, and your agency has interest and capacity,
consider reaching out to them to see whether and how health can be a consideration as these projects move forward in 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333">You can find out more on the TGM grant program home page:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/Pages/grants.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/Pages/grants.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Heather Gramp, MPH
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Policy Specialist | Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section | Center for Prevention & Health Promotion <br>
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY | 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 730 | Portland, Oregon 97232<br>
<a href="mailto:heather.gramp@state.or.us"><span style="color:#1F497D">heather.gramp@state.or.us</span></a> | 971-673-0630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">FYI here is the ODOT Press Release:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Twenty projects to receive $2.5 million
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#888888">08/26/2014
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Aug. 26, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">For more information: Shelley M. Snow, ODOT Public Affairs, (503) 986-3438</span></em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">SALEM - The Transportation and Growth Management
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/lcd/tgm/pages/index.aspx">program</a>, a 21-year partnership between ODOT and the Department of Land Conservation and Development, has announced the recipients of more than $2.5 million for transportation and land use planning
efforts. Transportation and Growth Management <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/TGM/Pages/grants.aspx">
grants</a> support communities in Oregon that are working to create vibrant, livable places where people can walk, bike, take transit or drive where they want to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">For this annual funding cycle, the Transportation and Growth Management program received 40 applications requesting $4,558,916. After reviews, twenty applicants were
chosen to receive $2,590,864. This year's <a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/Documents/TGM_14_Awards.pdf">
recipients</a> (PDF) include the city of Fairview, city of Portland, Clackamas County, city of Pendleton, Port of Tillamook Bay and others (complete list is on the website).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">"We're pleased to see the number of great projects that link transportation and land use planning to help develop well-rounded communities," said Transportation and
Growth Management Advisory Committee Chair Erin Doyle with the Oregon League of Cities. "We look forward to continuing to guide the program's evolution as it supports well-planned transportation systems."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">Planning is critical to the success of a community's economic and environmental health, yet there are very few sources of transportation and land use planning funds
for local governments. With over 1,100 projects completed, Oregon's Transportation and Growth Management Program continues to provide great value and assistance to Oregonians by helping communities craft their future transportation systems in concert with
their desired land uses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">In addition to planning grants, the program offers local governments other resources, including education and outreach workshops, speakers and publications; code
assistance; quick response; and transportation system plan assessments. To see examples of the program's accomplishments, see the "TGM Tangibles
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TP/docs/reports/tgmtangibles.pdf">report</a> (PDF)."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333">You can sign up get all the latest ODOT news releases at:
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/pages/news_main.aspx">http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/COMM/pages/news_main.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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