Helping Smaller Communities Plan, Grow and Prosper
Yoholo Micco Rail Trail, Eufaula, Alabama
WHAT DOES ACE DO?
ACE provides technical assistance to select communities with populations of 2,000 to 18,000 through a comprehensive, three-phase approach.
ACE advocates leadership development and engages in a municipality’s vision and plans for growth and enhanced quality of life.
WHAT DEFINES AN ACE COMMUNITY?
- Fosters growth and prosperity by focusing on its distinctive assets and resources
- Establishes a vision based on the community’s unique values, concerns, and priorities
- Engages a broad base of community stakeholders to develop and implement short-term and long-range plans to achieve that vision
- Strives to meet defined ideas that embrace Leadership, Planning, Economic Development, and Quality of Life issues such as education, healthcare, and public safety.
The Latest News from ACE
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The grants portal is now open for arts in education grants, project and administrative grants for organizations, and Folk Arts Apprenticeship requests. The deadline to apply is September 1.
Guidelines: bit.ly/guidelines22-23
Apply here: arts.alabama.gov/apply
Reminder – Our offices will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of the holiday.
Timeline photosCalling all small towns with populations fewer than 50,000! The next round of the T-Mobile Hometown Grant program will open on Friday, July 1, 2022. (Don't want to wait? You can apply for the current grant cycle until June 30, 2022.)
Brought to you in partnership with Main Street America and Smart Growth America, the T-Mobile Hometown Grant program provides grants of up to $50,000 to help build stronger, more prosperous small towns and rural communities!
Since the program’s start, T-Mobile has given more than $4.4 million dollars to kickstart 100 community development projects across 36 states, including the latest grant winning recipients.
Read more and apply here: t-mo.co/3nfAVSR
The Alabama Historical Commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, has opened its 2023 Grant Program with funds appropriated by the Alabama Legislature. Historic sites meeting the eligibility can submit applications now through June 30, 2022, 4 PM. Applicants must submit an official 2023 Historic Sites Grant application available on the AHC website at ahc.alabama.gov/resources/grants.aspx.
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Our ACE Communities
The leadership found in our ACE Communities provides the backbone of our program.
Along with our team of partners, community leaders and long-time professional staff, we’re helping Alabama grow stronger one community at a time.
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