GrantWorks is committed to helping communities preserve their heritage, improve their economic vitality and maintain their affordability.

Our planning professionals work with local leaders and residents to identify what they like and what they would change about their community.

Graphical aides such as color mapping, pictures, and geographical information systems (GIS) provide images of what the community is right now and what it could be in the future.
Goals and objectives that drive this future vision are derived in workshops with leaders and residents and through practical experience shared by our staff with you.

Planning/Capacity Building Fund
Funding is available once every two years through a statewide competition to provide assistance to cities for planning activities that assess local needs and then develop strategies and build local capacity that address those needs. Common planning activities include base map creation and studies of infrastructure systems, housing, land use, economic development, parkland, and capital improvements planning. Grants are based on population size and typically range from $15,000 to $50,000.