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2015 Green Streets-Green Jobs-Green Towns Grantees

Mount Vernon-Belvedere Association, $10,796

Mount Vernon-Belvedere Tree Pit Creation Project - Fall 2015-Spring 2016

Baltimore City, MD

This community association will remove impervious surface and plant 60 new street trees in downtown

Baltimore City. The project partners will work with local tree experts, Tree Baltimore, and the community to plant and care for the trees so that they continue to provide multiple benefits to the neighborhood.

Friends of the North Fork Shenandoah River, $43,615

Edinburg Mill: Innovative Stormwater Treatment & Riparian Restoration in Virginia's Shenandoah

Valley

Shenandoah County, VA

This project will design and implement stormwater management practices to address erosion problems at the historic Edinburg Mill museum site that will protect Stony Creek, a Class V trout stream.

Baltimore Tree Trust, $35,000

Ellwood Park Trees for Public Health Project

Baltimore City, MD

Urban tree canopy will be expanded in the Harris Creek watershed. The community will plant 165 trees and Baltimore Tree Trust will hire “Green Team Leaders” to maintain trees and engage neighbors.

Second Chance, Inc., $30,000

A Green Landmark for the Gateway to Baltimore

Baltimore City, MD

Second Chance, Inc. will develop a stormwater management concept plan to highlight innovative stormwater solutions at an industrial facility in Baltimore City. Implementation projects will showcase urban stormwater retrofits, the community, and the environment at this highly visible site.

Blue Water Baltimore, $74,826

Improving Tree Health and Canopy in CREATES Neighborhoods 2

Baltimore City, MD

Three low-income neighborhoods with low tree canopy will be targeted with this project that will plant

160 street trees to reduce the urban heat island effect and provide stormwater management.

Land and Cultural Preservation Fund Inc., $14,315

The Lower Monocacy River Watershed Urban Buffer Project

Frederick County, MD

This project will plant 1,000 trees at a Frederick County public park to treat impervious surface stormwater runoff and protect the Monocacy River.

Community Action Commission, $70,000

Harrisburg Green Infrastructure Kickoff

Dauphin County, PA

Innovative stormwater management technology will be demonstrated at a parking lot site in Harrisburg,

PA. Pervious pavement will be installed and experts will provide education to the community about the implementation, benefits, and maintenance of the urban stormwater pollution reduction efforts.

City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $60,000

City of Lancaster Green Infrastructure Retrofits Project

Lancaster County, PA

This project will result in four private property stormwater retrofit project designs. These improvements will reduce an estimated 2.6 million gallons of stormwater and associated pollutants from the combined sanitary sewer system that drains to the Conestoga River and Susquehanna River each year.

Old Goucher Community Association, $99,068

Old Goucher Campus Bioswales and Bumpouts

Baltimore City, MD

Sidewalk bioswales will be designed and implemented in two highly visible, urban cores that are located near 23 rd Street, Charles Street, and Maryland Avenue in Baltimore City. These efforts support the Old

Goucher Sustainability Master Plan.

City of Staunton, $75,000

City of Staunton, VA - Central Avenue Streetscape with Green Street Improvements

Augusta County, VA

Pervious pavers will be implemented along 1,500 feet of the City of Staunton’s business district streets.

This effort is part of a larger streetscape improvement and greening effort along this streetscape.

American Rivers, $19,880

Greening the Gateways to Communities: Partnerships and Planning for Clean Water

VA, MD, and PA

This research effort will analyze policy challenges and identify opportunities to work with state highway administrators for clean water and sustainable community solutions.

West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc., $30,000

Holly Hill Harbor Community Park Stormwater Retrofits

Anne Arundel County, MD

This project will design and build a series of demonstration stormwater treatment gravel wetlands in the

Holly Hills Harbor Community of Edgewater, MD. These practices will address a priority area for the neighborhood and will treat 2.4 acres of imperious surface.

Town of Edmonston, $15,000

Green Streets, Calles Verde

Prince George’s County, MD

A green street concept will be developed along

Crittenden Street to alleviate flooding. This project will promote clean water through educational workshops and will provide stormwater related jobs for the Town residents.

Parks and People Foundation, $75,000

Sarah's Hope Impervious Surface Removal

Baltimore City, MD

Public open space will be reclaimed by removing 1,400 square feet of impervious surface and planting 16 trees at Sarah’s Hope homeless shelter in Baltimore City. The project partners will work with the

Sandtown-Winchester community on the improvements for stormwater and the neighborhood.

Highlandtown Community Association, $75,000

Conkling Street Garden and Leverton Avenue Stormwater Project

Baltimore City, MD

A formerly vacant industrial space will be transformed to treat stormwater runoff from the urban area. In addition, the project team will engage two diverse Baltimore City neighborhoods to implement a public garden and plant street trees and share the community benefits of the project.

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