The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development’s (DECD) Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development (OBRD) has released the 2015-2016 calendar year schedule of competitive funding. Funding available for Round 8 of the Municipal Grant Program will be announced late in September – applications are due November 9th. The next rolling submission deadline for the Targeted Brownfield Development Loan is October 1st. All application materials, Notices of Funding Availability, Ranking & Review Grids, and program eligibility guidelines are available at www.ctbrownfields.gov. For more information, reach out to Arthur Bogen at abogen@nvcogct.org and our most recent addition to the NVCOG planning team, Max D. Tanguay-Colucci at mcolucci@nvcogct.org.