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FY25 Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund

Application for Funding

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) TOD Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund is a Statewide competitive program that promotes the equitable and inclusive development of TODs by providing financial assistance to local jurisdictions or their development partners.

Instructions: Please review the FY25 Notice of Funding Opportunity and program webpage before completing your application. Applicants seeking funding for eligible projects must complete this application for consideration. If you have questions regarding the application, please contact TODprogram@mdot.maryland.gov.

Section 1 – Applicant Information

Lead Applicant:

2. Primary Contact Information

Name

Address

Title

State

City

Phone

Zip

3. Is the lead applicant a private or nonprofit development partner? (YES/NO)

NoYes

If Yes, please provide Local Jurisdiction Co-Applicant information below:

Jurisdiction

An eligible local jurisdiction must be listed as a co-applicant. Please provide primary contact information for co-applicant.

Name

Title

Phone

Address

City

State

ZIp

Section 2 – Funding Proposal

1. Please select which funding category your proposal falls under:

2. Project Title

3. TOD Location

4. Total Project Cost

5. Funds Requested

Please reference the NOFO for guidance on funding eligibility. Please specify the grant and loan amounts sought, up to the maximum award amount.

Section 3 – Project Plan and Readiness

1. Project Description

Please provide a concise abstract for the project. Specific outcomes or deliverables of the program-funded project should be clearly identified, including a description of how the project is to be implemented and how it advances transit-oriented development at the project site. Please attach a map indicating where in the TOD boundary the project would impact. For construction projects, an engineer’s estimate is highly recommended. Please note that for a project that requires construction above $50,000, 30% design plans may be requested.

2. Preliminary Work Performed

Indicate efforts completed or currently underway that demonstrate the applicant’s readiness to implement the award upon receipt. For a Design Plan, this can include, but is not limited to preliminary studies, assessments, and planning efforts, and community engagement efforts. For public infrastructure improvements and gap funding, this can include but is not limited to contractual documentation, design plans, feasibility analysis and documentation of progress on entitlements. You may optionally attach documentation if it helps concisely demonstrate your answer.

3. Timeline for Project Execution

Please attach a project schedule with key milestones, phasing, and a realistic timeline for award implementation.

4. Project Advancement of TOD Designation Plan

In no more than 750 words, please summarize the jurisdiction’s overall planning and goals for the TOD Designated Site, addressing the eight planning criteria pictured. Please indicate which of the categories the applicant’s award will affect and how.

5. Community Engagement Plan

Explain how an award will be integrated into or has been a part of engagement with residents, businesses, and other stakeholders of the TOD project. This can include but is not limited to: hosting community design charrettes, workshops, or other demonstrations of design concepts and findings, forming a community advisory committee to guide design decisions, providing specific updates with respect to award implementation, such as creating an award impact report with community input, etc.

Section 4 – Project Funding Plan/Budget.

1. Itemized Project Budget

Please attach a line-item budget that illustrates how the award will be used.

2. Other Funding Sources

Describe efforts to leverage additional public and private funding sources beyond the awarded grant/loan for the award use, regardless of whether or not the applicant was successful in receiving the funding source. If funds have been secured, indicate how they will be coordinated and combined with award. If no additional funding sources are sought or secured, describe why. Applicant should attach any relevant documentation demonstrating attempted and/or successful acquisition of such funds.

3. Timeline of Milestones for Project Funding

text box and attachment option Demonstrate that upon receipt of the award, credible funding strategies are in place for the full funding of the award use beyond the intended awarded grant/loan. If the applicant does not intend for the award to fully fund its intended use, indicate a timeline for securing the remaining funding, including the specific type of funding or financing pursued.

Section 5 – Equity & Inclusion Goal Attainment

Narrative

In no more than 500 words, applicant should discuss how their project will meaningfully advance the equity and inclusion goal and how that advancement will be measured.

Project Qualification

In no more than 250 words, provide a short narrative statement that describes the applicant’s approach to measuring and evaluating E&I goals on a previous project.

For non-core focus goals, applicants may opt to provide additional narrative statements (no more than 250 words) of how their project will meaningfully advance the equity and inclusion goal.

Project Qualification Others

To the best of my knowledge, all information contained in this application is true and correct. If awarded the applied for funding, applicant attests to adhere to the commitments, requirements, and guidelines specified in this grant application and with all other law, rules, regulations, or policies governing this program. If selected for funding, awarded funds shall be used strictly for the purposes set forth in in this application.

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​​FY25 Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund

Application for Funding

​Section 1 – Applicant Information

2. Primary Contact Information

​3. Is the lead applicant a private or nonprofit development partner? (YES/NO)

​Section 2 – Funding Proposal

Section 3 – Project Plan and Readiness

​Section 4 – Project Funding Plan/Budget.

​Section 5 – Equity & Inclusion Goal Attainment

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FY25 Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund

Section 1 – Applicant Information

3. Is the lead applicant a private or nonprofit development partner? (YES/NO)

Section 2 – Funding Proposal

Section 4 – Project Funding Plan/Budget.

Section 5 – Equity & Inclusion Goal Attainment

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