Thursday, May 9th at 11 AM ET via Zoom
Guest Speaker:
About Community Benefits:
This call was part of our monthly Appalachian Community Benefit Network Call series, a space for the growing conversation around community benefits in the Appalachian region. These calls are the second Thursday of each month at 11 am ET and include a presentation followed by time for networking, discussing questions and sharing resources around community benefits.
As part of the unprecedented climate and energy infrastructure investments launched by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), some funding awardees are now required to implement Community Benefits Plans (CBPs) as a condition for receiving their grants and loans. In addition, Community Benefit Agreements, Project Labor Agreements, Good Neighbor Agreements remain important tools for communities hoping to ensure that new projects bring value to their communities, land, and workers.
This new policy comes with many challenges and opportunities, not least in that we are still learning what these plans could and should include for our communities.