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NeighborWorks Affiliates' Green Projects
"Greening Your Community" Efforts - View Photos on Flickr!
Community Outreach
Green Living Campaign
Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program, Sisseton, SD
The GRIT Green Project
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
Fairmount Fellows Program,
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Dorchester, MA
MApril Communitywide Spring Cleanup
NeighborWorks Great Falls, Great Falls, MT
TC Conserves!,
Homewise, Santa Fe, NM
Union Crossing Planning Committee
Lawrence CommunityWorks, Lawrence, MA
West End Weatherization Project
Durham Community Land Trustees, Durham, NC
Community Outreach
Green Living Campaign
Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program, Sisseton, SD
Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program (NESDCAP), a NeighborWorks Organization based in Sisseton, South Dakota, is using its NESDCAP Green Living Campaign to inform its community about the benefits of going green and about the incentives available to help finance green efforts.
As a primary component of the campaign, NESDCAP distributes conservation kits to clients who seek emergency utility assistance and to residents who attend regional home shows. The kits contain educational materials and items such as compact fluorescent light bulbs and low-flow shower heads that reduce resource consumption in the home. The local power company's mascot,
Ollie the Otter, attended a recent campaign event. Read more [PDF]. »
The GRIT Green Project
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc., Silver Spring, MD
Montgomery Housing Partnership, Inc. (MHP) and its Glenville Road Interdepartmental Team (GRIT) have embarked on a public education campaign to remediate ongoing problems associated with improper trash disposal. To unite the community in a cleanup effort, the Silver Spring, Maryland-based organization has hosted festivals focused on appropriate trash and recycling procedures. At a recent festival, volunteers picked up trash and tended gardens around the neighborhood. Afterward, the volunteers enjoyed a resident-prepared lunch and presentations from the local police department and the local farmer’s market. Read more about this community effort [PDF].»
Fairmount Fellows Program,
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, Dorchester, MA
In a neighborhood with a high concentration of respiratory health problems, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (CSNDC) is using its Fairmount Fellows Program to engage Boston-area residents in environmental justice issues.
After surveying more than 200 households this summer, the fellows have discovered that 94 percent of those surveyed think air pollution is a significant issue in the community. The fellows, who all live in the target area, also found that more than half their neighbors regularly drive cars because the area is underserved by the city’s transit system. Read about the fellows' community education efforts [PDF].»
MApril Communitywide Spring Cleanup
NeighborWorks Great Falls, Great Falls, MT
During its 2009 MApril cleanup, NeighborWorks Great Falls (NWGF) mobilized more than 600 volunteers to collect big trash items, perform maintenance tasks for the elderly and pick up litter throughout their Great Falls, Montana community. This year the two-weekend event, which occurs annually during the last weekend in April and the first weekend in May, marked its 27th anniversary with the collection of 27 tons of trash. Read more about MApril clean up [PDF]. »
TC Conserves!
Homewise, Santa Fe, NM
Homewise, a NeighborWorks Organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is promoting green lifestyles in the city’s Tierra Contenta neighborhood by using its TC Conserves! program to distribute conservation kits to residents. Each kit contains easy-to-install water and energy efficiency improvements including faucet aerators, water heater wraps and compact fluorescent bulbs. Kits also contain installation instructions and information on resource conservation. To date, Homewise has delivered kits to 251 households, more than 10 percent of the neighborhood. Learn more about TC Conserves! [PDF] »
Union Crossing Planning Committee
Lawrence CommunityWorks, Lawrence, MA
Lawrence CommunityWorks (LCW), located in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is not leaving the design of its $75 million Union Crossing redevelopment project entirely to the professionals. Although the group is partnering with award-winning green architects to convert two 19th-century textile mills into a modern housing development, it is also getting design input from its Union Crossing Planning Committee, a group of community residents who volunteered to be on the project. Before LCW and its partners make decisions on the project’s numerous details, they consult the committee for advice on how to make the development a functional, sustainable community. Read more about how this "participatory design process." [PDF] »
West End Weatherization Project
Durham Community Land Trustees, Durham, NC
Durham Community Land Trustees (DCLT), a NeighborWorks organization in Durham, North Carolina, is promoting energy efficiency in the city’s West End neighborhood by educating residents about easy ways to reduce their energy bills.
DCLT and partner organization Clean Energy Durham collaborated to train 10 West End residents about how energy is consumed in the home and consequent ways to conserve resources. This summer, those 10 volunteers are going door to door to demonstrate to their neighbors how energy efficiency impacts their lives. Learn more about this effort [PDF]. »
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