Delmarva Power and the Delaware Nature Society award grants
Delmarva Power and the Delaware Nature Society recently granted nearly $34,000 to three area nonprofits and the town of Townsend to support open space and environmental projects, and resiliency projects across Delaware and Maryland.
This funding is made available through Delmarva Power’s Sustainable Communities Grant program, which provides funding to support open-space preservation, improvements to parks and recreation resources, environmental conservation and innovative community resiliency projects.
“We are so pleased to join our local communities and to help advance these initiatives that will have a lasting positive impact on our environment,” said Doug Mokoid, Delmarva Power region president. “We are committed to helping our customers and communities achieve our collective climate goals. This program is an extension of that commitment and just one of the many ways we are taking a leadership role in helping to foster a cleaner and safer environment for us all.”
Delmarva Power launched the Sustainable Communities Grant program in 2020, with the nature society administering the grants to local nonprofits and communities.
“The mission of Delaware Nature Society is to connect people with nature and to improve the environment for everyone,” said Jen Adkins, Delaware Nature Society executive director. “We are pleased to support Delmarva Power by connecting them with sustainable projects that help protect habitats, promote pollinators, beautify our built environment, reduce water pollution and support use of renewable energy. These projects and others like them will transform our region.”
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays was awarded $10,000 to reforest approximately seven acres of agricultural land owned by Sussex County at the South Coastal Wastewater Treatment Facility, reduce chemicals entering Little Assawoman Bay watershed and enhance wildlife habitat.
A grant of $3,975 awarded to the Town of Townsend will fund replacement of an existing solar array system to help reduce power consumption.
Delaware Center for Horticulture’s $10,000 grant will fund installation and further development of 1,000 square feet of pollinator habitat throughout the City of Wilmington.
Fair Hill Environmental Foundation Inc. in Elkton, Md., received $10,000 to improve the habitat around its pond, install native floating wetlands, and remove invasive species and replace them with natives.
To learn more about the program and request a grant application, go to delmarva.com/SustainableCommunities.
