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The Sustainable Tacoma Grant offers up to $5,000 through the City of Tacoma’s Office of Sustainability to any nonprofit or educational institution planning a project related to sustainable development and climate change mitigation.
2011 Grant recipients and award amounts
(grants awarded in 2011 for projects in 2012)
Project descriptions and contact information
Downtown On the Go & Tacoma School of the Arts - SOTA Bike Club - $1,000
Gray Middle School Trail Rehabilitation Club - Community &School Garden Trail
Rehabilitation & Greenhouse Project - $5,000
Guadalupe Land Trust - La Grande Gathering Area & Accessible Garden - $2,781
Hilltop Urban Gardens by Community Coalition for Environmental Justice - Sustainability at
The Farm - $4,300
Holy Rosary School - Lighting the Future - $5,000
Institute for Environmental Research & Education - Environmental Product Declaration Pilot
Program - $3,500
Local Life - City of Neighborhoods - $1,000
Rebuilding Together South Sound - Home Weatherization & Energy Efficiency Kits - 1,500
Rebuilding Together South Sound - Neighborhood Makeover Week - $3,500
Roosevelt Elementary - Roosevelt Community Garden Restoration - $1,900
Safe Streets Campaign - Safe Walking Route for Birney Elementary - $4,000
Saint Patrick Catholic School - Shamrock Green, Phase 2 - $3,000
NW Leadership Foundation with Sustainable Roots & CASTINGS - Hilltop Garden Explorers -
$2,000
SOTA Composting Club - Urban School Composting - $1,500
Stadium High School - Stadium High School Bike Club - $750
Tacoma Audubon Society - Blix Recycles! - $3,000
Tacoma Community College - Adopt-A-Bin Recycling Project - $2,500
University of Puget Sound Garden Club - UPS Sound Garden Enhancement Project - $750
8th & I Neighbors - Here we Grow!:Sustaining the 8th & I Neighbors Park Garden -
$1,800
2010 grants
Final report
See what CASTINGS accomplished in 2011 with their Sustainable Tacoma Grant: McCarver Elementary & Bamford Community Gardens Project
The Sustainable Tacoma Commission evaluates grant applications. The City Council-appointed citizen commission is charged with overseeing the successful implementation of the Climate Action Plan and encouraging citizens to do their part.
For more information about the Sustainable Tacoma grant program, please contact Catherine Taylor, City of Tacoma, (253) 502-2223, or sustainability@cityoftacoma.org.
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