Van Buren News: May 2021

https://tinyurl.com/xsjxu3tk post link

covid student loan assistance

so i became interested in grants because of our friend alphena who said her niece made a nice living writing a grant for herself every year then spending the rest of the year working at whatever occupation the grant entailed, then alphena's son was looking for his relative in germany who had the same last name as a girl from my highschool so i friended her and she told me she was a professional grant writer - and that it is a science or an art or both to be able to write grants successfully

- how to write grants

- grant writing apps

ty renee 💙 !

- lightning motors grants

van buren, maine town grant opportunities you as an individual, organization, farmer, micro/small business person or just a town resident might be eligible 4:

https://tinyurl.com/3pwm4bmm - post link

1. help with medical and other bills

zoom meeting i d : 928 362 7211

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9283627211?pwd=Sk1QMEpXOU5GY21xam40ZkNJUGF1QT09

2.- grants and resources to aid artists during covid

3. more grants and aid for artists

4. maine home repair grants for low income homeowners:

$15,000 covid stimulus instant tax rebates when you buy a house for the first time

u s d a 100% financed (no money down) low income rural buy a home program

the town is considering getting a 15 passenger van to drive elderly, people without cars and disabled people to stores, the library and town activities etc...

our neighbor is a disabled professional cdl licensed trucker who is still a very good driver and mentioned she would like to start an uber or lyft in town perhaps we can massage two birds with one shiatsu machine with this a c a p program that reportedly gives free cars to disabled people:

- clark and lois (the newspaper they worked for was owned by wayne enterprises, so they both worked for batman)

the reeve foundation was named for christopher and dana reeve who met, married and lived during the summers in my hometown, curiously, about half a mile from a place called kidder hollow, which is just above sinclair lewis's former thorvale on the taconic range

margo kidder wiki - oh no margo kidder died in 2018 after protesting at standing rock with sophie wilanski who graduated from the town college

wow - margot kidder was also (temporarily) paralyzed - from a car accident

batman became disabled fighting bane, which is when the archangel azrael became the dark knight

these grants and resources help municipalities and organizations fund wheelchair accessible vans:

https://www.braunability.com/us/en/help-me-buy/grants-funding/nationwide-handicap-van-wheelchair-suv-funding.html

reeve's close friend robin williams (who once as mork paralyzed 'the fonz') had a summer house 25 miles south in pittsfield and there are many tales from former townie restaurant workers of their dinners together with family and friends at the local restaurants accented with the antics of mr williams often reportedly talking to the lobsters in the lobster tanks

- williamstown remembered

the demayos gave me a bike after mine was stolen in rochester which helped me get a job at x-tyal in the next town east

no,

(i had fallen off a roof dave and i were working on and got amnesia shortly after returning from rochester)

it were the dolans who gave me the bike that helped me get a job at x-tyal in 1984 which helped me get the bike that was stolen in rochester and the demayos (who were friends of the dolans) who gave me a bike after i got back from rochester in 1986 that helped me get a job with dave & bob and finally the museum which helped me get a new $500 miyata mountain bike from the mountain goat that must have been taken when they tore down dad houseand mom's

- bob's solar panel

'wear a smile for x-tyal!'

x-tyal made biological and gas masks for the u s military

now they are building a bike path from north adams to williamstown using covid recovery funds along the mohawk trail i used to have to ride along to get to work

new path

'The Surface Transportation Program (STP) (23 U.S.C. 133) is one of the main sources of flexible funding available for transit or highway purposes. STP provides the greatest flexibility in the use of funds. These funds may be used (as capital funding) for public transportation capital improvements, car and vanpool projects, fringe and corridor parking facilities, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and intercity or intracity bus terminals and bus facilities. '

https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-making-agencies/department-of-transportation.html

electric vehicle instant rebates and state electric car charging program:

https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-work/electric-vehicle-supply-equipment-initiative/

small business assistance:

https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/programs-services-businesses

aid for farms:

https://www.farmers.gov/pandemic-assistance

redevelopment assistance:

https://www.mainecf.org/apply-for-a-grant/recent-grants/community-building-grant-program/ :

Community Building Grant Program Recent Grants

'The Community Building Grant Program invests in local projects and organizations that work to build strong communities. It is a grassroots grant program focused on efforts to use, improve and/or increase access to community assets. These community assets include natural and built resources, as well as community members, their views and voices, local leaders, and the relationships or connections among people and organizations across the community.'

rural development assistance:

https://www.rd.usda.gov/me :

'Key Programs

Single Family Housing Direct Home Loans in Maine

Single Family Housing Repair Loans & Grants in Maine

Community Facilities Direct Loan & Grant Program in Maine

Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program in Maine

Business & Industry Loan Guarantees in Maine

Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants in Maine

Rural Business Development Grants in Maine'

transportation assistance:

https://nationalcenterformobilitymanagement.org/grants/ :

'USDA Rural Business Development Grant program (Deadline: June 30, 2021) The USDA has released a series of funding for eligible applicant organizations seeking to provide rural communities with training and technical assistance to improve transportation services and facilities. USDA does not provide funding directly to individuals under this program. Applications will be scored, reviewed, and selected on a competitive basis. Applications must be submitted to the applicant’s nearest USDA office by June 30, 2021, at 4:30 p.m. local time.'

- community navigator grants for small businesses

renter's assistance:

https://acap-me.org/blog/emergency-rental-assistance-program/ :

- circuit breaker property tax fairness credit

emergency broadband benefit possibly $50 / month for your internet service and a possible $100 for a new / used computer (it sends you to a corporation to fill out the application and that application repeatedly tries to get you to initial that you live on tribal lands don't initial that box - unless you do live on tribal lands - and complain to your congress person until they fix it)

aid for landlords:

https://www.justia.com/covid-19/eviction-bans-and-mortgage-relief-during-covid-19/business-assistance-for-landlords/

electric vehicle instant rebates and state electric car charging program:

https://www.efficiencymaine.com/at-work/electric-vehicle-supply-equipment-initiative/

maine mobility and transportation assistance :

https://www.mobilityworks.com/financing/grant-assistance/maine/amp/

assistance for shuttered businesses from covid :

https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/covid-19-relief-options/shuttered-venue-operators-grant

stop by the town of van buren, maine updated for local news, scandalous gossip, town council and special town meeting videos, scanner reports, etc...

scanner radio app for aroostook sheriff, ems and fire departments

on june 10th, 2021 - the morning after the town meeting and 2 days after the town and state election - there is going to be a solar eclipse at 5:39 am in van buren !

plz remember not to look directly into the sun

https://gochahymn.com/eclipse/in/@4981710