[Watersheds] FW: SNEP Network is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Community Assistance Projects!

Tue Jul 1 09:16:11 EDT 2025

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The SNEP Network is now accepting applications for 2025-2026 Community Assistance Projects

The Southeast New England Program (SNEP) Network invites you to apply for FREE community-based technical, funding/financing and training assistance to begin or advance your community's stormwater management, ecological restoration, or climate resilience initiatives. The deadline to apply is August 1st, 2025.

Services Offered for the 2025 Solicitation Include:

  *   Stormwater Planning and Management (e.g., Stormwater Planning Series)
  *   Ecological Restoration (e.g., floodplain/riparian buffer restoration, salt marsh restoration, water quality pollution prevention or, culvert assessments)
  *   Climate Resilience (e.g., climate planning, prioritization of resilience actions)
  *   Funding & Financing (e.g. project scoping, enterprise fund feasibility assessment)

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Who is Eligible?

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Office Hours for 2025-2026 Community Project Solicitation:

If you would like to discuss your project idea or ask questions about how SNEP Network services might apply, we encourage you to sign up for a 15-minute consultation. Office hours are offered by our Massachusetts and Rhode Island Liaisons via zoom.

Office Hours will be available the week of July 14th:

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Apply to participate in the 2025-2026 SNEP Network's Stormwater Planning Series

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The SNEP Network is offering our popular Stormwater Planning Series for 2025-2026. This planning series offers free training and technical assistance to help guide you and your team through the process of developing a conceptual design for a nature-based stormwater retrofit in a selected drainage area in your community.

The planning series is held virtually with five 2-hour training sessions over the course of six months (October 2025 - March 2026). In between the training sessions, participants work with SNEP Network Partners to advance their stormwater retrofit conceptual designs.

Apply for the Stormwater Planning Series by submitting an application for our 2025-2026 Community Assistance Projects due on August 1st, 2025. In the application, there is an option to select Stormwater Planning Series as the service that you are applying for. Learn more about the Stormwater Planning Series by viewing the curriculum [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!I1a_ygUxdz8cy1Hz-GsoJxvfj7QjXx7SS5yLwisrG1jUcqWkvKWEf-6cnoFAgYutjfrxfwBqb2V29Q7z0WmIOLoyLi9h_Nr_T6qw$ [snepnetwork[.]us4[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb513425f05554fb85bca4005&id=27e96e648c&e=1a687b865f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!MNxnqDVdFyxusZeWqWqfhGSPAua5lwT2_1hY1Kah0cy4cWrT7ZDutfHLtEyQwcGCjWz6wR7S1ddiaKEV1egoujpl$> or by visiting our website [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!I1a_ygUxdz8cy1Hz-GsoJxvfj7QjXx7SS5yLwisrG1jUcqWkvKWEf-6cnoFAgYutjfrxfwBqb2V29Q7z0WmIOLoyLi9h_Nr_T6qw$ [snepnetwork[.]us4[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb513425f05554fb85bca4005&id=7d3637408c&e=1a687b865f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!MNxnqDVdFyxusZeWqWqfhGSPAua5lwT2_1hY1Kah0cy4cWrT7ZDutfHLtEyQwcGCjWz6wR7S1ddiaKEV1fpJi4qM$>.

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About the SNEP Network
The Southeast New England Program Network [https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!I1a_ygUxdz8cy1Hz-GsoJxvfj7QjXx7SS5yLwisrG1jUcqWkvKWEf-6cnoFAgYutjfrxfwBqb2V29Q7z0WmIOLoyLi9h_Nr_T6qw$ [snepnetwork[.]us4[.]list-manage[.]com]]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/snepnetwork.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eb513425f05554fb85bca4005&id=61016e5ffc&e=1a687b865f__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!MNxnqDVdFyxusZeWqWqfhGSPAua5lwT2_1hY1Kah0cy4cWrT7ZDutfHLtEyQwcGCjWz6wR7S1ddiaKEV1Za0_9t8$> is a collaborative group of 16 partner organizations with expertise in financing and stormwater/watershed management practices. The SNEP Network provides free training and assistance to municipalities, organizations, and tribes in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.

The SNEP Network, a project of the New England Environmental Finance Center, is funded by the USA EPA through its Southeast New England Program.

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Our mailing address is:
New England Environmental Finance Center
University of Southern Maine Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service
34 Bedford Street, PO Box 9300
Portland, ME 04104

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