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Nature in Neighborhoods restoration and enhancement grants
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Metro connects people to their watershed through hands-on restoration activities and environmental education.
Keeping Nature in Neighborhoods
Nature in Neighborhoods restoration and enhancement grants supports hands-on activities and environmental education programs that protect and contribute to watershed health in the region. The program connects community-minded people to their neighborhoods, natural areas, backyards and beyond. No funding is available for the 2012 grant cycle.
Grant awards
Since 2006, the Metro Council has invested nearly $1.7 million in 96 local restoration and enhancement projects. Grants have been used to actively engage residents in efforts to improve or enhance watershed health. Eleven projects were awarded funding in May 2011. Read More
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Metro is proud to provide funds for local projects that help create livable communities. Find information about Metro grant opportunities for topics of particular interest to you.
Boots on the ground
Kids dig deep, plant roots in Lents restoration project
Ed Kearns of the Lents Springwater Corridor habitat restoration project used grant funds to plant 6,000 native trees and shrubs along a quarter-mile stretch of the Springwater Corridor with the help of hundreds of local youth and adult volunteers. To date, 300 cubic yards of concrete, gravel and asphalt have been removed and recycled from the former lumber mill site in outer Southeast Portland.