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DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate supports sustainable community planning projects with grant funding for five Delaware cities and towns

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 17, 2017



DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate has awarded a total of $245,000 in grant funding to the cities of Wilmington and Newark, and the towns of Frederica, Milton, and Fenwick Island through the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program. The grants support the creation of local sustainability plans that will ultimately serve over 100,000 Delaware residents. In addition to providing funding, DNREC staff will work with communities, providing technical assistance and guidance throughout the process.

“A community sustainability plan is a road map for strengthening a community to be a socially fair, economically strong, and environmentally healthy place to live, work, and play,” said DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin. “Through this grant, DNREC is providing communities with financial support and professional resources needed to identify their sustainability goals and make a clear path for achieving them.”

DNREC invited local governments and community partners to apply for the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program in February. Applicants were encouraged to think about challenges and solutions facing their communities, with particular consideration given to topics such as clean energy, climate change readiness, conservation, and sustainable development.

The sustainability plans developed by the cities and towns that received the grants will identify ways to save energy, reduce pollution, increase green space, and overall, make communities healthy and livable. DNREC’s Sustainable Communities Planning Grants are integral for the cities and towns who received them in making those improvements a reality.

DNREC’s Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program is funded through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional market-based cap-and-trade program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and of which Delaware is one of nine member states. Funds from the auction of CO2 allowances are reinvested into energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction programs that benefit the well-being of citizens and the environment.

For more information about the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program and other DNREC community projects, please visit de.gov/sustainablecommunities, or contact Mike Tholstrup at Michael.Tholstrup@delaware.gov, or 302-735-3480.

Media contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate supports sustainable community planning projects with grant funding for five Delaware cities and towns

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 17, 2017



DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate has awarded a total of $245,000 in grant funding to the cities of Wilmington and Newark, and the towns of Frederica, Milton, and Fenwick Island through the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program. The grants support the creation of local sustainability plans that will ultimately serve over 100,000 Delaware residents. In addition to providing funding, DNREC staff will work with communities, providing technical assistance and guidance throughout the process.

“A community sustainability plan is a road map for strengthening a community to be a socially fair, economically strong, and environmentally healthy place to live, work, and play,” said DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin. “Through this grant, DNREC is providing communities with financial support and professional resources needed to identify their sustainability goals and make a clear path for achieving them.”

DNREC invited local governments and community partners to apply for the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program in February. Applicants were encouraged to think about challenges and solutions facing their communities, with particular consideration given to topics such as clean energy, climate change readiness, conservation, and sustainable development.

The sustainability plans developed by the cities and towns that received the grants will identify ways to save energy, reduce pollution, increase green space, and overall, make communities healthy and livable. DNREC’s Sustainable Communities Planning Grants are integral for the cities and towns who received them in making those improvements a reality.

DNREC’s Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program is funded through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional market-based cap-and-trade program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and of which Delaware is one of nine member states. Funds from the auction of CO2 allowances are reinvested into energy efficiency and greenhouse gas reduction programs that benefit the well-being of citizens and the environment.

For more information about the Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program and other DNREC community projects, please visit de.gov/sustainablecommunities, or contact Mike Tholstrup at Michael.Tholstrup@delaware.gov, or 302-735-3480.

Media contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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