$400,000 Available in Clean Air Fund Grants

The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District has opened the application period for the 2021 Clean Air Funds program. The grant program has $400,000 available in funding for local projects that will reduce emissions from mobile sources of air pollution within the district. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis by the District’s Board of Director’s. The deadline to submit an application is April 30, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Applications are available at www.ysaqmd.org/Apply2021CAF. District staff will be hosting a webinar on March 25, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. to discuss the program, application process and answer questions. If you would like to participate, please register at www.ysaqmd. org/2021CAFWebinar. The Clean Air Funds program seeks to encourage private businesses, non-profit organizations and public agencies to pursue cost-effective, impactful projects designed to reduce pollution emissions from mobile sources within the District through grant funding. There are four qualifying project categories: Clean Vehicle Technology, Alternative Transportation, Transit Services and Public Education. The district encourages applications for projects that focus on youth education and embody the theme that “Children are the key to a future with clean air.”

Got Bikes? Donate’m!

Your bikes can make a big difference in the lives of students and families in need and provide for bike skills education in our community. The Bike Campaign needs your serviceable bikes. The Bike Campaign is a 501(c)(3) non-profit volunteer organization whose #1 goal is to increase biking to schools and workplaces. Donated bikes may be dropped off at either of two locations open on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Wednesday 2 to 5 p.m. In Woodland at Douglass Middle School at First Street at Hays Street and In Davis at The Cannery at 1500 Cannery Ave. east of The Barn. For more information contact Maria Contreras Tebbutt at funmaria@sbcglobal.net or see www.TheBikeCampaign.com.