Post by title1parent on Jul 27, 2009 5:25:56 GMT -5
www.suburbanchicagonews.com/napervillesun/news/1686213,6_1_NA27_203ECC_S1-090727.article
Either Tim needs to choose one school district to write about so he doesn't MERGE districts or he needs to FIRE his copy editor.
EPA provides green for green
D203 will use grant for clean alternatives
July 27, 2009
By TIM WALDORF twaldorf@scn1.com
Naperville School District 203 recently received $333,978 grant from Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The grant will fund the inclusion of "green" initiatives at the district's new, $11 million early childhood center.
The Illinois EPA is providing the grant through a portion of the Federal Clean Water Act that disburses funding for local governments and other organizations to protect water quality through the control of "non-point source pollution." The program provides funds to implement projects that utilize proven, cost-effective practices to protect Illinois' water resources.
According to the district, the grant money will be used for the installation of rain gardens, bioswales, permeable pavement, vegetated buffer strips, green roofs and a detention basin vegetated with native grasses. These projects are intended to reduce storm water runoff, protect water quality and promote bio-diversity.
"We are very excited to receive this grant," said Terry Fielden, a District 204 board member and board representative on the District 204 Facilities Subcommittee. "It gives us the opportunity to not only provide plant diversity, but to enhance the children's educational setting."
Currently under construction on an 11-acre site in Naperville's Huntington Estates neighborhood near Naper Boulevard and Collingwood Drive, the early childhood center is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2010.
The grant will have little impact on the project's bottom line.
Rather, many of these features -- the green roof and "smog-eating" photocatalytic pavers that absorb chemicals in bus exhaust fumes -- were considered as environmental add-ons to the project.
"They would not have been included if we had not received the grant," said Craig Williams, District 203's chief information officer. "The money from the grant helps us to add these features and stay under budget."
Either Tim needs to choose one school district to write about so he doesn't MERGE districts or he needs to FIRE his copy editor.
EPA provides green for green
D203 will use grant for clean alternatives
July 27, 2009
By TIM WALDORF twaldorf@scn1.com
Naperville School District 203 recently received $333,978 grant from Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
The grant will fund the inclusion of "green" initiatives at the district's new, $11 million early childhood center.
The Illinois EPA is providing the grant through a portion of the Federal Clean Water Act that disburses funding for local governments and other organizations to protect water quality through the control of "non-point source pollution." The program provides funds to implement projects that utilize proven, cost-effective practices to protect Illinois' water resources.
According to the district, the grant money will be used for the installation of rain gardens, bioswales, permeable pavement, vegetated buffer strips, green roofs and a detention basin vegetated with native grasses. These projects are intended to reduce storm water runoff, protect water quality and promote bio-diversity.
"We are very excited to receive this grant," said Terry Fielden, a District 204 board member and board representative on the District 204 Facilities Subcommittee. "It gives us the opportunity to not only provide plant diversity, but to enhance the children's educational setting."
Currently under construction on an 11-acre site in Naperville's Huntington Estates neighborhood near Naper Boulevard and Collingwood Drive, the early childhood center is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2010.
The grant will have little impact on the project's bottom line.
Rather, many of these features -- the green roof and "smog-eating" photocatalytic pavers that absorb chemicals in bus exhaust fumes -- were considered as environmental add-ons to the project.
"They would not have been included if we had not received the grant," said Craig Williams, District 203's chief information officer. "The money from the grant helps us to add these features and stay under budget."