Money is available for water-friendly projects! The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District's Cost Share Grant Program offers financial assistance for efforts that protect and improve water and natural resources within the Nine Mile Creek Watershed.
Purpose
Cost Share funds are available for implementing projects that support one or more of the following goals:
Improve water quality or increase the capacity of the watershed to store water
Preserve, protect and restore native plant and wildlife habitats, with emphasis on lakes, rivers and wetlands
Protect and preserve groundwater quality and quantity
The NMCWD has allocated up to $150,000 for the 2015 Cost Share Program. The minimum grant amount available is $500. The maximum grant amount is $3,000 for residential projects, $10,000 for townhome, condominium or lake associations, and $25,000 for nonprofit, commercial and government projects. Grants will be awarded for up to 75 percent of the project's cost, on a reimbursement basis, for materials, labor, and engineering/ consulting fees. The funds must be used within one year of receiving grant approval.
For questions or more information, please contact Erica at esniegowski@ninemilecreek.org
Applications can be sent to:
Erica Sniegowski
Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
12800 Gerard Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55346
For more information visit http://www.ninemilecreek.org/CostShare/CostShareGrants.asp
Water Quality Improvement Grant Program
Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration
Category: Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge (SEEK)
Money is available for water-friendly projects! The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District's Cost Share Grant Program offers financial assistance for efforts that protect and improve water and natural resources within the Nine Mile Creek Watershed.
Purpose
Cost Share funds are available for implementing projects that support one or more of the following goals:
The NMCWD has allocated up to $150,000 for the 2015 Cost Share Program. The minimum grant amount available is $500. The maximum grant amount is $3,000 for residential projects, $10,000 for townhome, condominium or lake associations, and $25,000 for nonprofit, commercial and government projects. Grants will be awarded for up to 75 percent of the project's cost, on a reimbursement basis, for materials, labor, and engineering/ consulting fees. The funds must be used within one year of receiving grant approval.
For questions or more information, please contact Erica at esniegowski@ninemilecreek.org
Applications can be sent to:
Erica Sniegowski
Nine Mile Creek Watershed District
12800 Gerard Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55346
For more information visit http://www.ninemilecreek.org/CostShare/CostShareGrants.asp