<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Kevin<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I don't see the letter. Please send it again.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Is the grant that you are referring to the smaller one for the current organizing - or is it the bigger one that you had talked about.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 15, 2021, at 12:53 PM, Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi GREN Executive,<div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here’s the official letter from the Greenbelt foundation about the GREN application for funding to help roll out the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance programs in this part of the province. It appears that the foundation has turned down all the groups seeking funding which won’t have significant consequences for GREN since we have never had much funding and don’t have any staff or expenses. It will be quite devastating for groups elsewhere in the province though and will have serious repercussions on the ability/capacity to respond to the Ford government’s actions in the future - particularly the organized resistance we have seen against specific bills like Bill 66, Bill 229, Bill 257, MZO’s, etc.. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We'll see how things unfold in the weeks and months ahead as a lot can change in the next 18 months of federal, municipal, and provincial elections ahead though what is really needed is some rich donor, foundation, or benefactor to fund all these grassroots community groups standing up to the provincial government. However, for now the fear of the Ford government cutting off funding to anyone to criticizes them has curtailed the funding to all of these organizations and we too are on that list (which I guess means we have been effective over the past year).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Kevin.<br class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">-------------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class="">Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2J 3Z4<br class=""><br class="">Phone: (519) 888-0519<br class="">Mobile Phone/WhatsApp: (519) 240-1648<br class="">Twitter: @kthomason<br class=""><a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">E-mail: kevinthomason@mac.com</a><br class=""><br class="">-----------------------------------------</div></div>
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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Greenbelt <<a href="mailto:do-not-reply.grants07-us-east-1@fluxx.io" class="">do-not-reply.grants07-us-east-1@fluxx.io</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Application Deferred</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">April 15, 2021 at 9:30:03 AM EDT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Kevin Thomason <<a href="mailto:kevinthomason@mac.com" class="">kevinthomason@mac.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:alerts@greenbelt.ca" class="">alerts@greenbelt.ca</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><p class="">April 15, 2021</p>Kevin Thomason<br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><strong class=""> </strong></strong><br class="">Grand River Environmental Network<br class="">1115 Cedar Grove Road<br class=""><span style="font-weight: 400;" class="">Waterloo, ON</span><br class="">N2J 3Z4<p class=""><strong class=""><strong class=""> </strong></strong></p><p class=""><span style="font-weight: 400;" class="">Dear Thomason,</span></p><br class=""><p class="">Thank you for your application. The Foundation was overwhelmed with the caliber of projects and requests for funding.<br class=""><br class="">Due to the demand on our resources we have made the decision to defer your proposal for "Nurturing Greenbelt-Friendly Local Planning in the Grand River Watershed" until the next round of grants.<br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">I thank you for your interest in the Greenbelt and wish you success in your work.<br class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">Sincerely,<br class=""><br class=""></p><p class=""><font size="2" class=""><strong class="">Edward McDonnell</strong><br class="">Chief Executive Officer<br class="">Greenbelt Foundation<br class=""><br class="">PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. 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