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Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Greenways Mini-Grant Winners Announced
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Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Wednesday announced the grant winners of their Greenways Mini-Grant Program. From now until July 30, the grant winners will transform their Greenways utilizing $500 in project supplies with 100 percent match.
Designed to provide community groups with project supplies for outdoor based work events within a Greenway, the program enables the renewal of Pennsylvania’s Greenways in need into something beautiful.
Support for this program is provided by the Community Conservation Partnership Program, Environmental Stewardship Fund, under the administration of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.
The grant winners are as follows:
-- Blair County – Intermunicipal Relations Committee for recycling containers.
-- Centre County – Harris Township for plantings in Blue Spring Park.
-- Chester County – Brandywine Valley Association for the Brandywine Creek Cleanup.
-- Chester County – City of Coatesville for the Brandywine Creek Cleanup.
-- Erie County – Headwaters Park NRC Trust for park signage in Headwaters Park.
-- Erie County – Headwaters Park NRC Trust for maintenance equipment in Headwaters Park.
-- Erie County – Headwaters Park NRC Trust for a rain garden in Headwaters Park.
-- Indiana County – Crooked Creek Watershed Association for the Baker Trail Cleanup.
-- Lehigh County – Friends of the Allentown Parks for the Walking Purchase Park Uplands Cleanup.
-- Lehigh County - Lower Macungie Township for the Kratzer Farm Invasive Plant Removal project.
-- Montgomery County - Friends of Cynwyd Heritage Trail for renewal planting.
-- Philadelphia County – Keep Philadelphia Beautiful for the Baldwin School for Girls Great American Cleanup in Morris Park.
-- Washington County – Upper Wheeling Creek Watershed Association for their Prevent It! collection event.
-- Westmoreland County – Saint Vincent College for planting and signage of their Medicinal and Culinary Herb Garden.
-- York County – YWCA York for their Peace Garden Beautification Day.
“We are pleased to support the efforts of such a diverse group of environmental stewards as they work to make their community greenways clean and beautiful,” said Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.”
For additional information, visit Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Greenways Mini-Grant Program webpage or contact Heidi Pedicone at 1-877-772-3673 or send email to: hpedicone@keeppabeautiful.org.
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4/23/2012 |
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