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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Resilient Communities Project 330 Hubert H. Humphrey Center 301-19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Office: 612-625-7501 Fax: 612-626-0273 Email: rcp@umn.edu Website: wwwrcp.umn.edu Resilient Communities Project Request for Letters of Intent to Apply for 2017-2018 Partnership The University of Minnesota (U of MN) is accepting letters of intent from cities and counties that wish to apply to be the community partner for the Resilient Communities Project (RCP) for the 2017-2018 academic year (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018). Based on feedback from previous community partners and applicants to the program, this year RCP has instituted the following two-phase application process to make the process easier and less time-consuming for applicants: Phase I: Letter of Intent to Apply. The purpose of the letter of intent (LOI) is to demonstrate your community's interest in, organizational support for, and financial and staff capacity to support a one-year partnership with RCP. Timeline: Call issued July 18, 2016; LOI due September 15, 2016; notification by September 30, 2016 if invited to submit a formal application. Phase II: Program Application. Based on the LOI, selected communities will be invited to apply to the RCP program. The purpose of the application is to identify and describe specific projects, staff project leads, and community partners for the one-year partnership with RCP. Timeline: Invitation to submit an application transmitted by September 30, 2016; program application due February 15, 2017; selected community partner announced by March 15, 2017; partnership begins July 1, 2017 and ends June 30, 2018. Detailed instructions for submitting a Letter of Intent and Program Application are provided below. I. RCP Program Overview RCP facilitates year -long partnerships between the U of MN and one selected community in Minnesota. Through the partnership, students and faculty from across the University collaborate with the community partner to address its self -defined sustainability-related needs through course -based projects. The collaboration results in on -the -ground impact and momentum for a community working toward a more sustainable and livable future. Cities, counties, and clusters of communities (for example, along a transportation corridor, around a regional center, or within a watershed) are eligible. To minimize travel time and costs, applicant communities should ideally be located within a two-hour drive of the Twin Cities, where RCP is based. Communities located further away from the Twin Cities will be considered if additional funds are contributed for overnight travel costs. Former and current community partners