The Community Green Infrastructure Fund is Fully Awarded
The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has awarded grants for all the money that the legislature put into the Community Green Infrastructure Fund in 2023. DLCD awarded thirty-nine grants, totaling over $6.6 million. If the legislature puts more money into the fund, then DLCD will open a new funding round. Sign up for our
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What the Community Green Infrastructure Program Funds
The Community Green Infrastructure Program (CGI) supports projects that bring green infrastructure into Oregon communities. This includes:
- Planting or building green infrastructure that benefits people and ecosystems
- Growing and supplying native plants and seeds
- Creating green infrastructure master plans
Green infrastructure consists of nature-based systems that increase community resilience by managing stormwater, reducing heat, restoring landscapes, and providing a wide array of other benefits. Examples of green infrastructure include trees, rain gardens, bioswales, and green roofs.
Types of Projects
What Makes a Strong Application?
Projects that:
- Plant
large, low-maintenance, drought and storm-resistant trees
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Use
native and pollinator-friendly plants
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Add new green infrastructure in areas that don’t have it
- Plant trees near schools, affordable housing, senior housing, or manufactured dwelling parks
- Help implement a city’s plan to
increase urban tree canopy cover
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Are
publicly accessible, such as in public open space or along public streets
IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Consultation Form
If you will be applying for a grant for a Community Green Infrastructure Project or for a Green Infrastructure Development Project, you must fill out the
Consultation Form. This form records consultation on developing your application with local governments, electric and water utilities, and (for some projects) the Oregon Department of Trans
portation.
Start working on this form as early as possible. You must give local governments and electric and water utilities at least 30 days to respond.
How to Apply
- Read all the requirements and guidance in the Call for Applications.
- Register with WebGrants, the online application portal.
- DLCD is sharing the application platform with the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). You will see ODF’s logo on the application website. If you have already registered with WebGrants, you do not need to register again.
- Once your registration is approved, you will receive two emails from WebGrants, one with your user name and one with a temporary password. Log into WebGrants and update your password.
- Use the Microsoft Word Application Template to help you prepare your application prior to entering it online.
- In WebGrants, to access the Community Green Infrastructure application form, click “Funding Opportunities” and then “DLCD Community Green Infrastructure Grant.”
ORS 197.471 requires the Community Green Infrastructure Program to award grants to satisfy three separate allocations, listed below. If a project counts toward one (or more) allocation it may be more likely to be selected. Proposed projects that do not fit within any of the allocations are still eligible but may be less likely to be selected.
- Planning or developing green infrastructure economic development projects: at least 30 percent.
- Entities or projects located in green infrastructure improvement zones: at least 40 percent.
- Entities or projects in tribal, rural, remote, or coastal communities: at least 30 percent.
- Rural and Remote communities: Communities outside of Oregon’s metropolitan and micropolitan regions.
- Coastal communities: Coastal communities are those that are in Oregon’s coastal zone, as defined by the Oregon Coastal Management Program. The Oregon coastal zone includes the state's coastal watersheds and extends seaward three nautical miles and inland to the crest of the coast range, with a few exceptions:
- Along the Umpqua River, where it extends upstream to Scottsburg; Along the Rogue River, where it extends upstream to Agness; and
- In the Columbia River Basin, where it extends upstream to the downstream end of Puget Island.
- Tribal communities: Communities on the reservation and trust land of a federally recognized tribe in Oregon.
Grant Awards
2026: $2.8 million to 14 projects across Oregon. See the full list of awardees here.
2025: $3.6 million to 23 projects across Oregon. See the full list of awardees here.
Legislative Reports
Report to the Legislature – 2024
Advisory Committee
DLCD has appointed members to an
Advisory Committee on Community Green Infrastructure Investment to advise on the implementation of the Community Green Infrastructure Grant program and make biennial reports to the legislature on the program.