SM December 2022 News: 11 Pepco Grants Announced

Earlier this month Pepco and Sustainable Maryland awarded eleven Environmental Stewardship and Community Resiliency grants totaling $125,000 to the following municipalities and nonprofits at an event at the Pepco Edison Gallery in Washington, DC:

Environmental Stewardship

Prince George's County:

Joe's Emporium ($10,000) – Story of Water and Art
City of Mount Rainier ($10,000) – Mount Rainier Community Garden
City of College Park ($10,000) – Roanoke Place Park
Town of Fairmount Heights ($10,000) – K Street-Market Circle Alley Enhancement

Washington, DC:

Friends of the National Arboretum ($10,000) – Expansion of Washington Youth Garden
Tenleytown Main Street ($10,000) – Building Resiliency through Green Infrastructure
My Seniors Keeper ($5,000) – H2H Conservation and Engagement Pavillion

Montgomery County:

City of Takoma Park ($10,000) – Circle Woods Restoration

Community Resiliency

Prince George's County:

Prince George's County Parks and Recreation Foundation ($25,000) – Project Safety variable message sign
Town of Upper Marlboro ($5,000) – Electrical Resilience Emergency Response and Operations

Washington, DC:

Penn Branch Community Association ($20,000) – Penn Branch Bouncing Back - Being Safe and Prepared

Thank you to all of the nonprofits and municipalities in Prince George's County, Montgomery County, and Washington, DC that submitted applications. Stay tuned for the 2023 Sustainable Communities grant announcement.

3RD CITY OF GAITHERSBURG

SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT FOR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, JAN. 26

Learn more about how your Gaithersburg HOA can organize itself to become a more sustainable community. Hear from Green Teams in the City about their efforts to address stormwater management; become more energy efficient; create safer streets; foster greater community engagement, and more!

Date: Thursday, Jan. 26

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Zoom

Join us for this FREE event!

UMD STUDENT ASSISTANCE FOR MUNICIPAL CARBON FOOTPRINT

SM has an undergraduate student available for the spring semester who can provide assitance to a municipality that wishes to complete a Municipal Carbon Footprint, a greenhouse gas inventory of all of their electricity, natural gas,vehicle fuel and other energy inputs. This is an excellent way to access a baseline of a town's energy usage, and is also a Priority Action in the SM certification program.

Contact mikeh75@umd.edu if your town is interested in receiving this assistance in 2023.

QUOTE

"Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction. This conference is our chance to stop this orgy of destruction."

-U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to delegates to the COP15 biodiversity summit at an opening ceremony this month in Montreal.

Sustainable Maryland is an initiative of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland. It is a free and voluntary program designed to help Maryland communities choose a direction for their sustainability efforts, improve access to resources needed to implement action, and recognize their accomplishments. Our sponsors include the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Maryland Municipal League. Sustainable Maryland is a proud founding member of the national Sustainable States Network.

For more information about how your municipality can register in the Sustainable Maryland program, plus customized Green Team training and access to student resources that are available to provide consultancy services for municipal planning, please contact 301-405-7956 or mikeh75@umd.edu

Mike Hunninghake

Program Manager

Sustainable Maryland

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