<div>Town staff is after this one, and Rob's ideas are good possibilities. Please share other ideas too. </div>
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<div>Where I've been looking, is to really get a community center that works for our population we will almost certainly have to partner with groups like the "Engaged University". They are proving quite successful in the early stages of utilizing their new facility in Riverdale Heights, right above William Wirt Middle School.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Rob Oppenheim</b> <<a href="mailto:oppenheim@email.com">oppenheim@email.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Hmmm, a UM grant program to develop community. </font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Put on those thinking caps...</font><font face="Helvetica" size="4"> Maybe...</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Employment/education center?</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Training for energy preservation? </font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Hiker biker trail?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="4">Are you interested in pursuing a grant?</font></div>
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<div><b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">From: </font></b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">"William W. Destler, Provost" <</font> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:UMMailer@megamail.umd.edu" target="_blank">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3">UMMailer@megamail.umd.edu</font></a><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> ></font></div>
<div><b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Date: </font></b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">December 19, 2006 1:04:12 PM EST</font></div>
<div><b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">To: </font></b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">"Campus Community":;</font></div>
<div><b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Subject: Community Partners Program</font></b></div>
<div><b><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Reply-To: </font></b><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:euinfo@umd.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">euinfo@umd.edu</font></a>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">I am pleased to announce the launch of The Community Partners Program</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">(CPP), an exciting new "seed" grant program designed to encourage and</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">fund University/community partnerships. Created by the Provost, the Vice</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">President for University Relations, and key University trustees, CPP</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">embodies an institutional commitment to Prince George's County and is</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">one of the centerpieces of our many diverse community engagement efforts.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">CPP will be administered by the staff of the Engaged University, a unit</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">of Maryland Cooperative Extension (College of Agriculture and Natural</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Resources) at the University of Maryland. The program's purpose is to</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">focus a range of University resources on partnerships that improve the</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">quality of life in the surrounding community while enriching the caliber</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">of learning on campus by encouraging hands-on problem solving and</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">innovation. By actively promoting collaborative solutions to community</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">needs, CPP aspires to cultivate a shared sense of place, belonging,</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">safety, trust, cooperation, understanding, and hope between community</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">residents and the University.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">CPP grants will address critical needs in the communities surrounding</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">the University of Maryland, College Park campus, with a special focus on</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">low-income neighborhoods within Adelphi, Avondale, Bladensburg,</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Brentwood, Colmar Manor, College Park, Cottage City, Edmonston, Langley</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Park, Lewisdale, Hyattsville, Mt. Rainier, North Brentwood, and</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Riverdale, among others.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">The Engaged University is currently soliciting proposals for the 2007</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Community Partners Program. Applicants representing all segments of the</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">University and the local community are encouraged to apply. Letters of</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Interest are to be submitted by February 16, 2007, and full proposals</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">are due April 13, 2007. Recipients will be notified of their award by</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">May 14, 2007.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">To learn more about the program and to receive the program guidelines,</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">please email or telephone:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Genevieve Villamora</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Assistant Director, The Engaged University</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Telephone: 301-405-2285</font></div>
<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:euinfo@umd.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">euinfo@umd.edu</font></a></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Sincerely,</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">William W. Destler</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3">Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost</font></div>
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<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> This note was authorized for distribution to </font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> University of Maryland Community by:</font></div>
<div><font face="Helvetica" size="3"> William W. Destler, Provost</font></div>
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