The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the selection of three innovative community and business projects for funding under the Sustainable Development Challenge Grant (SDCG) Program. The grants were awarded to the following organizations: Clearwater Marine Aquarium, Clearwater, Florida; The University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services, Knoxville, Tennessee and The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Philadelphia, Mississippi. These projects propose to use partnership approaches to solve environmental problems in ways that meet local needs and help communities help themselves. They will assist urban and rural communities make environmentally sound planning decisions and protect and restore critical natural resources.
The SDCG program helps communities become more “livable” by solving specific environmental problems and taking steps to become better places to live, work, learn, and play. The grant awards total $4 million dollars nationwide, however this will be the final year or the SDCG Program. The program funded a total of 123 projects since its inception.
For descriptions of the other new projects funded nationally go to: www.epa.gov/ecocommunity (click “Sustainable Development Challenge Grants”).
From the Daily Regulatory Reporter
