Frostburg: A Vision of Many Voices / SM's Watershed Stewardship Work Continues in Prince George's County /
Buy Local, Eat Local Challenge
Our monthly sampling of news, resources, events and other items of interest from across the sustainability spectrum in Maryland.
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| Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Sustainable Maryland booth at the Maryland Municipal League Summer Conference in June |
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SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND COMMUNITIES IN THE NEWS
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Mayor Commits Hyattsville to Climate Agreement
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Maryland 3.0: Making Eastern Shore Towns Like Salisbury "Cool"
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College Park is getting an award for becoming a healthier city
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"Greater College Park" has benefits for Hyattsville also
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Emmittsburg named green leader by state agency
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Middletown group wants to bring back the bees Link
Hampstead celebrates water improvements, solar energy
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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Prince George's County Stormwater Stewardship Grant
Deadline: July 28
More info
Maryland Urban & Community Forestry Grants
(Maryland DNR)
Deadline: semi-annual
More info
Charles County Forestry Grant Program
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
Community Engagement & Restoration Mini-grants
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
Prince Georges County Weatherization Program
Deadline: Rolling
Prince Georges County Raincheck Rebate
(Chesapeake Bay Trust)
Deadline: Rolling
More info
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EVENTS CALENDAR
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Talbot County Fair
Dates: July 13-15
Location: Easton
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Washington County Ag Expo & Fair
Dates: July 15-22
Location: Sharpsburg Pike
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Harford County Fair
Dates: July 24-29
Location: Bel Air
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Looking Ahead
Rain Barrel Workshop
Date: Aug. 5
Location: Marriottsville (Howard County)
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Trees for All: Chesapeake Regional Environmental Justice Workshop
Dates: August 8-9
Location: Laurel
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National Drive Electric Week
Dates: Sept. 9-17
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SUSTAINABLE MARYLAND 2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Check out our
2016 Annual Report with info on certified municipalities, SM events and initiatives, and more!
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FROSTBURG: A VISION OF MANY VOICES
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Plots are delineated in new community garden in Frostburg
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A recently registered Sustainable Maryland community, the
City of Frostburg is now deciding what manner of sustainability progress its Green Team should direct its efforts towards. Sustainable Maryland's Leadership Training on metrics was perhaps an unlikely place to figure out how to develop a vision of its ideal future. The Leadership Training, titled
Measuring What Matters, consisted of a full-day workshop held at three locations across Maryland in November, totaling 75 participants. Sustainable Maryland chose this year's topic to encourage metrics tracking in municipalities of all types, both to monitor progress and motivate improvement.
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SM CONTINUES STORMWATER STEWARDSHIP WORK IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
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Funded by a Stormwater Stewardship grant from the
Chesapeake Bay Trust (CBT), the Sustainable Maryland program has partnered with Prince George's County
Department of the Environment (DoE) and the
People for Change Coalition (PFCC) to launch this new County initiative to educate residents about the issue of pet waste and install infrastructure that will help communities address the problem.
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Cottage City staff, elected officials and residents scouting suitable locations for new grant-funded pet waste stations
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Following our well-attended Pet Waste Summit in April, SM staff began targeted work with the following municipalities: Bladensburg, Brentwood, Cottage City, Edmonston, District Heights, and Landover Hills, meeting with their Green Teams, town managers, elected officials, and residents to prepare customized outreach materials and communications plans, and to identify locations for new pet waste stations.
This summer will see both the installation of new pet waste stations as well as the continued roll-out of educational materials to residents via municipal websites, social media, listservs, newsletters and events. SM staff will be developing a County Pet Waste App that will allow users to search for locations of pet waste stations. We'll be checking in on our 6 muncipalities' efforts in future newsletters.
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BUY LOCAL, EAT LOCAL CHALLENGE - JULY 22-30
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Think Global - Eat Local! Pledge to eat at least one thing from a local farm every day during Buy Local Challenge Week in Maryland, celebrating its 10th anniversary the week of July 22-30. Take the challenge at www.buylocalchallenge.com and tweet #buylocalchallenge
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QUOTE
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"Agreeing to uphold the goals of the Paris Agreement means that I am committing myself and our work in the city to ensure that we take our role as stewards of the environment and natural resources more seriously than we do already. Absent the leadership at the federal level, we cannot afford to punt the ball."
-- Mayor Candace Hollingsworth, City of Hyattsville
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Sustainable Maryland is an initiative of the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland. It is a free and voluntary program designed to help Maryland communities choose a direction for their sustainability efforts, improve access to resources needed to implement action, and recognize their accomplishments. Our sponsors include the Town Creek Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Municipal League. For more information about how your municipality can register in the Sustainable Maryland program, plus customized Green Team training and access to student resources that are available to provide consultancy services for municipal planning, please contact 301-405-7956 or mikeh75@umd.edu
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Mike Hunninghake
Program Manager
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