Subject: Happy Hour tonight + Newest PCEF funding opportunity is out on the streets!
From: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
To: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Gilmore, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Lister, Cady" <[email-masked]>, "Valdez, Jaimes" <[email-masked]>, "Stover, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]>, "Reed, Magan" <[email-masked]>, Tracy Smith <[email-masked]>, camerina.galvan.arias <[email-masked]>, Ciara Pressler <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2024 13:36:25 -0700

Hi PCEF Committee,

With all the buzz about PCEF lately, I wanted to share some positive news that we just released the Collaborating for Climate Action<https://www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/climate-investment/climate-investment-plan/collaborating-climate-action/> funding opportunity. We are sharing the funding opportunity across our networks and encourage you all to do the same.

      Collaborating for Climate Action<https://www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/climate-investment/climate-investment-plan/collaborating-climate-action/> is PCEF’s newest funding opportunity to invite proposals for collaborative, multistakeholder projects that deliver big climate and community impacts. Over $150M+ is available for projects wrapping up by 2029. Applicants can apply for PCEF funding ranging from $20 million all the way to $100 million. Time to get the plans rolling letters of interest are due May 17th.  Check out the funding criteria and guidelines ASAP and stay tuned for a PCEF Q&amp;A session later in April.

      https://www.portland.gov/bps/cleanenergy/climate-investment/climate-investment-plan/collaborating-climate-action

A big kudos to you all for your work on this and especially Megan and Ranfis, who put in countless hours into drafting the content, and meeting with City leadership and staff.

With that, we hope to see many of you later today at Wayfinder (304 SE 2nd Ave) for a Happy Hour and mixer with the PCEF Committee and the High Roads Advisory Council&#128522;.

And as usual, below are links for all recent PCEF-related news, starting with Megan and Ranfis’s op-ed that ran in the Oregonian last weekend:
  1.  https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2024/03/opinion-protect-the-portland-clean-energy-fund-and-keep-centering-community-in-climate-impact.html

  2.  https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/03/21/47091957/portland-preservationists-think-the-future-of-new-housing-is-in-old-buildings
  3.  https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/03/18/portland-clean-energy-fund\<https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/03/18/portland-clean-energy-fund/>
  4.  https://bikeportland.org/2024/03/19/three-sunday-parkways-events-coming-this-season-384922
  5.  https://bikeportland.org/2024/03/21/pcef-committee-community-groups-must-play-large-role-in-grant-applications-385005
  6.  https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/03/commissioner-carmen-rubio-flip-flops-on-proposal-to-financially-aid-portland-street-response.html
  7.  https://hoodline.com/2024/03/portland-clean-energy-fund-approves-path-for-158-million-in-climate-action-projects/
  8.  https://www.axios.com/local/portland/2024/03/25/clean-energy-fund-keeps-community-focus
  9.  https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-committee-will-allocate-additional-revenue-from-clean-energy-fund-03252024/
  10. https://bikeportland.org/2024/03/25/comment-of-the-week-the-problems-with-bespoke-funding-385052
  11. https://www.opb.org/article/2024/03/30/presbyterian-church-laurelhurst-barbie-village/
  12. https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/carmen-rubio-homelessness-crime-climate-portland-mayor-candidate/283-e26e262b-4496-45e6-b18f-262ba2faec8f
  13. https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/04/03/47116519/portland-is-updating-its-tree-management-plan-last-edited-in-2004
  14. https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2024/04/03/rubio-and-gonzalez-spar-over-clean-energy-fund/

-Sam

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Sam Baraso, he/him/his
Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund
City of Portland | Bureau of Planning &amp; Sustainability
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