The Chesapeake Bay Trust and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday announced $400,000 in funding to seven municipalities and nonprofit organizations through the Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns Initiative (G3).

Included was a $30,000 grant to the Borough of Northumberland, Northumberland County, to implement new green infrastructure that will address flooding issues in residential areas.

Jointly funded by the Trust and EPA, G3 supports green infrastructure projects that improve water quality, community livability, and economic vitality throughout the region.

The Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns grant program is open to local governments and nonprofit organizations interested in pursuing urban green stormwater infrastructure and green jobs as part of an overall integrated community or watershed plan. 

The initiative, administered by the Chesapeake Bay Trust, supports President Obama’s Executive Order for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay through the creation of “green streets.”

For more information, visit the Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns Grant Program webpage. You can request additional detail on each of the grant projects referenced above by sending email to: mmullins@cbtrust.org.

7/29/2013