Envisioning the Future Federal Workplace in the Washington DC Region

From the General Services Administration Urban Development/Good Neighbor Program:

Grant Opportunity:

The General Services Administration (GSA) is seeking grant proposals that would help to cultivate innovative regional coordination, design, and planning practices for accommodating federal offices in the Washington region over the next half-century. In short, the federal government seeks to encourage regional coordination to plan intelligently, based upon mutual stakeholder concerns, including sustainability, transportation, and security, as well as the changing regional dynamics of land use, housing, and workforce issues.

In order to promote a guiding vision for the future of federal work in the Washington region, GSA will award competitive grants in the range of $50,000 to $500,000 for coordination, planning, and research efforts that explore fundamental questions related to the form, location, and design of federal offices over the next 10 to 50 years in the National Capital Region. The maximum aggregate value of the grants is $500,000.

Eligible recipients include institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, commercial organizations, and state or local governments, as well as qualified individuals.

Grant proposals will be evaluated by a panel consisting of federal officials and GSA Design Excellence Peers, who are nationally recognized private sector experts in the field of urban planning and design.

Grant proposals must be received by June 20, 2008. Successful grantees will be notified in July 2008.