The CIRD program offers rural communities the following:

• An annual competitive opportunity to host an intensive, two-and-a-half day community workshop, supported through a $7,000 cash award and in-kind technical assistance and design expertise valued at $35,000;
• Informational conference calls and webinars on key design and planning topics for rural communities that are open and freely available to communities nationwide; and
• Web-based access to a wide range of rural design resources.

CIRD will select as many as four communities to host CIRD workshops in the fall of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015.

Application Timeline: 

Request for proposals can be found here.