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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For Immediate Release:<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">March 6, 2017<br>
<br>
<b>For more information, contact:<br>
</b>Jennifer Kley</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Chesapeake Bay Trust</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="tel:(410)%20974-2941;113"><span style="color:blue">(410) 974-2941 ext. 113</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">j<a href="mailto:jkley@cbtrust.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">kley@cbtrust.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lauren A. Kinard<br>
Department of the Environment<br>
<a href="tel:(301)%20883-5957"><span style="color:blue">(301) 883-5957</span></a><br>
<a href="mailto:lakinard@co.pg.md.us" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">lakinard@co.pg.md.us</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
$2.05 Million in Grants Awarded for Stormwater Management and Citizen Engagement Projects
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Largo, Maryland
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">– The Prince George’s County Department of the Environment and the Chesapeake Bay Trust announce the recipients of 23 grants for environment-friendly stormwater management and citizen
engagement projects. Prince George’s County neighborhood groups, faith-based organizations, non-profit organizations, and schools received support for projects that ranged from $11,791 to $500,000.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Trust is proud to be a partner with
Prince George’s County to distribute resources that engage residents and make a difference for our communities and the environment,” said Dr. Jana Davis, Executive Director of the Chesapeake Bay Trust. “We know that greener neighborhoods, cleaner streams,
and better natural resources all around are good for us, our businesses, our kids, and our health. These grants offer everyone in Prince George’s the chance to take action and do something to improve their own communities.”
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“The Department of the Environment congratulates the recipients of these stormwater management and citizen engagement
grants. We’re proud of the environmental stewardship displayed by these organizations, communities and educational institutions in Prince George’s County, and their commitment to responsible programs that reinforce best environmental practices, educate and
engage residents, and reduce pollution and litter. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grants totaling $2.05 million were awarded, supporting on-the ground restoration projects that treat and control stormwater,
support municipalities in the County to meet pollution and education goals for cleaner water, support and use County-based businesses, and provide citizen awareness and engagement to protect the County’s natural resources. These projects include diverse communities
and residents and strongly support County goals for environmental education. Established in 2014, the Prince George’s County Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program focuses on water quality programs that achieve nutrient and/or sediment reduction from stormwater,
citizen engagement projects that aim to involve residents and businesses in efforts to improve local watersheds, removing trash from streams, reducing pet waste, planting trees, engaging youth, and supporting faith-based organizations throughout the County.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Honorees of the Stormwater Stewardship Grant Program include:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake; $51,010:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To develop and implement faith-based “train the trainer” sessions for ten congregations and provide technical assistance for twenty congregations to implement the Alternative Compliance
Program options two and three. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Neighborhood Design Center; $27,363:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide technical assistance services for future applicants in year four (FY18) of the Prince George’s Stormwater Stewardship grant program.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin; $60,189:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement the Score Four Students, Schools, Streams and the Bay program that will engage 209 Northwestern High School (Hyattsville) students and 540 Accokeek Academy (Accokeek)
students in watershed investigations and action projects. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greenbelt Homes, Inc.; $101,935:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement stormwater management practices in the neighborhood and engage the City of Greenbelt residents in watershed restoration.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anacostia Riverkeeper; $200,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement the first “trash trap” in Prince George’s County. This device will collect and remove trash from the stream, educate the community about the trash trap and its installation
in the Arundel Canal, and provide one year of maintenance. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Inc.; $33,322:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To lay the groundwork for a future Prince George’s County RiverWise program.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">REAL School Gardens; $ 100,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To train and support students and teachers at three elementary schools in Prince George’s County to use outdoor classrooms, engage students, and provide meaningful watershed educational
experiences (MWEEs). </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Town of Cheverly; $121,833:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To design, engineer, and construct four micro-bioretention practices and plant trees at Boyd Park in the Town of Cheverly, Maryland.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">End Time Harvest Ministries; $16,415:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide citizen engagement using a rain garden planting event for the Wellness Ambassadors, students, and citizens that will learn how local actions can improve the community health
and clean local streams. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; $11,791:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To provide citizen engagement, outreach to the Latino community, and to implement the Latino River Festival.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission; $250,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement stormwater management practices, plant trees, remove invasive species, and engage citizens at up to seven parks and community centers in the Anacostia watershed.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Clean Water Fund; $42,402:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To provide a social marketing campaign for homeowner stormwater management and Rain Check Rebate outreach in the Town of Capitol Heights, Maryland.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People for Change Coalition; $44,151:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To provide outreach that will increase the homeowner association engagement in the Rain Check Rebate program.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Low Impact Development Center, Inc.; $60,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To develop a master plan in the Port Towns area that outlines the stormwater solutions in a concept plan that will be used to implement the projects.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">DuVal High School; $26,207:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement a high visibility rain garden at DuVal High School in Lanham, Maryland.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">University of Maryland College Park; $135,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To develop a Prince George’s County Pet Waste Education Campaign that will provide outreach, citizen engagement, pet waste station installations, and develop an assessment management
tool. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People for Change Coalition; $68,432:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To implement a pet waste campaign that includes education and outreach for the citizens, pet waste station installations, and maintenance and monitoring.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Anacostia Watershed Society; $500,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To launch the Prince George’s County Conservation Green Earth program—an innovative pilot program, which combines stormwater management projects with meaningful watershed educational
experiences (MWEEs), teacher professional development, integration of environmental material into curriculum, provides training for teachers and maintenance staff, and implements small practices on school grounds.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund; $29,497:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To provide citizen engagement for the Latino community and Latino-serving organizations in the Anacostia watershed through workshops, demonstration projects, and an outdoor activity.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CENTRO DE APOYO FAMILIAR; $30,333:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To provide citizen engagement to the Latino community and faith-based community organizations through workshops and training seminars. This project will support the Alternative Compliance
Program options two and three. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">People for Change Coalition; $41,130:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Provide technical assistance for four faith-based organizations. This project will support the Alternative Compliance Program options two and three.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation, Inc.; $50,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To develop a pilot tree planting program for residential properties and neighborhoods.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prince George’s Green; $50,000:
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To increase tree canopy in the County through partnerships with municipalities, citizens, and businesses, and test innovative outreach efforts to enhance tree plantings on private
residential properties.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Harlow Solid Italic"">Jessica<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Jessica E. Barnes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Town Clerk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Riverdale Park<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">5008 Queensbury Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Riverdale Park, MD 20737<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="http://www.riverdaleparkmd.info/">www.riverdaleparkmd.info</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">301-927-6381<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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