About Us

A Federal Partnership to Accelerate Projects

The Thriving Communities Network (TCN) is designed to help federal partners coordinate strategy, collaborate across initiatives, and target deployment of a full range of federal place-based technical assistance and capacity-building resources to advance projects across the nation. This effort includes providing grant and financial management, pre-development assistance, stakeholder engagement, planning, and project delivery support.

Through TCN, federal partners commit to coordinating and collaborating across projects and engaging their regional and field staff who often serve as key points of contact for projects.

The TCN is deploying four key strategies to support and advance projects:

1. Technical Assistance that builds capacity to develop fundable projects, navigate federal programs and apply for and deploy federal resources.

2. Federal Interagency Coordination that supports and builds federal staff capacity to align public resources with project priorities.

3. Data and Tools that support improved federal coordination and alignment of activities and resources for projects; and that facilitate capacity-building and navigation of resources.

4. Partnerships and Outreach that engages external stakeholders in amplifying and building on the Thriving Communities Network approach to capacity building.

Thriving Communities Shared Principles

TCN partner agencies commit to collectively supporting the following shared principles:

• Accelerate Project Delivery with efficient coordination and collaboration across federal agency partners to promote economic prosperity across the nation. 
• Increase Opportunity through investment of Opportunity Zones. 
• Strengthen Partnerships with public and private stakeholders to advance project delivery.  
• Promote Innovative Solutions to build, strengthen, and scale investment-ready projects.