지난 16일 미국 환경보호청(EPA)와 체사픽 베이 트러스트(Chesapeake Bay Trust)는 녹색 도로·마을·일자리 기금 계획(G3)을 통해 72만7천500달러의 기금을 15개 조직에 수여했다고 발표했다. 이 프로그램은 지역 관할구역이 지역에 필요한 ‘회색’ 인프라 프로젝트를 추구할 때 ‘녹색’ 기술을 사용해 한 개의 프로젝트에서 두 개의 목표를 성취할 수 있도록 권장하기 위해 2011년 처음 만들어졌다.

체사픽 베이 트러스트가 관리하는 G3 기금 프로그램은 오바마 대통령의 체사필 베이 보존·복원에 대한 특별지시를 지원한다.

 

 

 

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, in partnership with Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, announced $727,500 in grants to be awarded to 15 organizations through the Green Streets, Green Towns, Green Jobs Grant Initiative (G3). This program was created in 2011 to encourage local jurisdictions to use "green" techniques when pursuing necessary "gray" infrastructure projects, accomplishing two goals within one project.

 

Sarah's Hope, a homeless shelter and the site for the grant announcement, is one of 15 grant recipients through a partnership with Parks and People Foundation. The $75,000 grant will tie into a larger Baltimore City-led renovation and expansion project that will reduce the amount of impervious surface on the site; contribute to public open space, playground space and community garden space; and beautify the street and help change the appearance of the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. The other grantees will lead efforts that include the removal of impervious concrete, the expansion of urban tree canopies, the creation of bioretention cells, and many other green infrastructure practices.

 

The G3 Grant Program, administered by the Chesapeake Bay Trust, helps support President Obama's Executive Order for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Its purpose is to improve local, grassroots-level greening efforts by towns and communities in urbanized watersheds that reduce stormwater runoff through the creation of "green streets," the increase in urban green spaces, and the reduction of impervious surfaces. This program is open to local governments, non-profit organizations, and neighborhood/community associations focused on green stormwater management retrofits with grants available up to $20,000 for research efforts, $30,000 for design, and $75,000 for implementation projects.

 

These collaborative efforts advance watershed protection and economic improvement through the development of stormwater management techniques, green jobs creation, beautification of neighborhoods, and community enhancement. Today's announcement includes seven projects designed to improve the city of Baltimore specifically, as well as eight other initiatives in the states of Pennsylvania, Virginia and elsewhere throughout Maryland.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 6월 16일]