rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/demand-congress-defend-neighborhood-access-and-equity-grants-now?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-demand-congress-defend-neighborhood-access-and-equity-grants-now' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> National Campaign for Justice https://actionnetwork.org/groups/just-strategy https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow known as an “appropriations mark-up,” where they are proposing a claw-back of $3.1 billion in funds appropriated in the Inflation Reduction Act. This funding provides critical support for public transit, jobs, and the fight against climate change. More than 70 projects are currently relying on this funding. If they succeed in cutting it, the impact will be felt nationwide. The Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program, also called the "Reconnecting Communities" grants, connect communities, create jobs, and fight back the impact of climate change. These projects have demonstrated the transformative power of these investments in our future nationwide. For example, in Rochester, New York, efforts to reconnect a community yielded private development worth more than 10 times the initial investment. In Chattanooga, Tennessee, replacing a limited-access freeway with a more connected and accessible boulevard continues to attract multi-million-dollar private investments. Alternatively, cancelling pending projects funded by the NAE grant program would be a major loss for communities across the country, and especially for the many rural communities in states home to less forward-looking Departments of Transportation, like the Seminole Nation’s Transit Plaza project in Oklahoma or the Manhattan Trail System project in Montana, which haven’t yet received their funding. You can check out a full list here. Click ‘START WRITING’ to contact the members of the committee today -- right now -- and demand they keep these cuts from happening. If you don’t live in the district of a member on the committee you’ll send a message to your U.S. House Rep. asking them to reach out to their colleagues on the committee for you. Please sign and send your message now. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/demand-congress-defend-neighborhood-access-and-equity-grants-now