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**Description:** This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to Stay Ready NOLA, Inc.

Specifically, the project will seek to build a resilience hub to enhance community resilience to climate-related emergencies and ensure access to critical support and resources during and after extreme weather events.

It will also provide crucial space for educational initiatives, job training, and more.

During disruption and recovery modes, the same facility will serve as a home base for the mutual support electric crews that flood into New Orleans to restore power.

The Community Solar Generating Facilities (CSFS) will produce clean, renewable solar energy, reducing the energy burdens for approximately 5,000 qualifying low-income residents by reducing their electric bills by 20% or more.

**Activities:** The activities include creating a community resiliency hub and workforce development program.

**Subrecipient:** Statutory partner subaward: Bike Easy (Subaward Component 1: Bike Green Infrastructure; Subaward Component 2: Community Outreach and Program Activities FY 2026; Subaward Component 3: Traffic Garden; Subaward Component 4: Community Outreach and Program Activities FY 2027)

Collaborating entity subaward: Ride (Subaward Component 1: Bus Stop Green Infrastructure and Program Activities)

Collaborating entity subaward: Blue Krewe (Subaward Component 1: Bike Green Infrastructure; Subaward Component 2: Workforce Development in Green Economy)

Collaborating entity subaward: IBEW Local 226 (Subaward Component 1: Post-Disaster Recovery)

Collaborating entity subaward: Governor's Office of Emergency Preparedness (Subaward Component 1: Public Engagement)

**Outcomes:** The anticipated deliverables include:

• Utilize permeable surfaces to facilitate ground water filtration.

• Stormwater retention vaults in excess of code requirements.

• Native grasses and tree planting.

• Traffic garden for bike safety training.

• Two new bike racks and two free bike repair stations.

• E-bike storage and charging.

• Resilience hub energy audit performed.

• Resilience hub air sealing completed.

• Resilience hub electrification, weatherization, and HVAC upgrades.

• Solar renewable energy capacity installed (+/- 363 kWh capacity).

• Battery storage installed (12hr capacity).

• GHG emission reduction.

• Capacity for emergency deployment as a hub for 200+ lineworkers and other emergency responders.

• Capacity as a cooling center during life-threatening heat waves for 200+ individuals.

• Capacity for emergency deployment as a community distribution facility for GOHSEP to provide food, water, medicine, and other urgently needed supplies.

• One rear-loader garbage/recycling truck, waste pre-crusher, and two compactors.

• Diversion and reuse of building materials for maker space and float building (80+ cubic yards of waste diverted from landfill).

• Warehouse and post-disaster bulk waste recycling (240+ cubic yards diverted from landfill).

• Resilience hub solar renewable energy microgrid installed.

• Resilience hub electrification.

• Emergency power backup and charging station during emergencies.

• Reverse osmosis water purifying system for potable water (100 gallon/min capacity).

• Water purification system rainwater collection for non-potable use - fire suppression, toilets, showers, laundry, etc. (5,000 gallon tank).

• One rear-loader garbage/recycling truck, waste pre-crusher, and two compactors.

• Diversion and reuse of building materials for maker space and float building (80+ cubic yards of waste diverted from landfill).

• Warehouse and post-disaster bulk waste recycling (240+ cubic yards diverted from landfill).

• Resilience hub construction utilizing low-VOC paints and varnishes (250+ gallons replaced).

• Formaldehyde-free insulation.

• Eco-f.

Stay Ready Nola

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66.616 - Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program

EPA Region 6: Dallas [EPA - RO]

New Orleans, Louisiana United States

City-Wide

Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (EPA-R-OEJECR-OCS-23-04)

Termination This project grant was reported as terminated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in July 2025. See All
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 01/31/28 to 05/01/25.