Keep Maryland Beautiful Program Awards $160,000 in Grants

49 Recipients Get Funds for Local Cleanup and Conservation Activities

Parks & People Foundation’s paid internship program, Branches, received a grant for its work engaging low-income high school students in cleaning neighborhoods, creating green spaces and maintaining parks.

The Maryland Environmental Trust has awarded 49 Keep Maryland Beautiful grants totaling over $160,000 to municipalities, nonprofits and schools for beautification projects, community cleanup activities and environmental education programs throughout the state.

Nineteen counties and Baltimore City received the grants, an annual program funded by the Maryland Environmental Trust, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration.

These stewardship-focused grants help develop and support communities, families and youth taking personal responsibility for the health and quality of their communities.

“I’m excited to see this program expand to more than $160,000 this year,” Maryland Environmental Trust Director Bill Leahy said. “We recognize a huge need to support local communities, nonprofits and others promoting proper stewardship of our neighborhoods and open spaces.”

2017 Keep Maryland Beautiful Grants and Recipients

Bill James Environmental Grant, $4,500 total (up to $1,000 each)

Organization	County
ClearShark H2O	Anne Arundel
North County High School	Anne Arundel
Reginald F. Lewis High School, Room 317	Baltimore City
Calvert County Public Schools	Calvert
KidsSTREAM Inc.	Charles

Margaret Rosch Jones Grants, $5,800 total (up to $2,000 each)

Organization	County
Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund	Anne Arundel
It’s About The Kids Education Organization	Baltimore City
Sky Valley Association, Inc.	Garrett
Harford Glen Environmental Education Center	Harford
Phillips Wharf Environmental Center	Talbot

Clean Up & Green Up Maryland Grant, $150,000 total (up to $5,000 each)

Organization	County
City of Cumberland’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission	Allegany
Annapolis Maritime Museum	Anne Arundel
Greater Patapsco Community Association, Inc.	Baltimore
NeighborSpace	Baltimore
Blue Water Baltimore	Baltimore City
C.A.R.E. Community Association	Baltimore City
Citizens of Pigtown	Baltimore City
Druid Heights Community Development Corporation	Baltimore City
Friends of Patterson Park	Baltimore City
Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition	Baltimore City
Hollins Roundhouse Inc., a community association	Baltimore City
Parks & People Foundation	Baltimore City
Pigtown Main Street	Baltimore City
Rebuilding Together Baltimore – Govans	Baltimore City
Southwest Partnership	Baltimore City
Whitelock Community Farm	Baltimore City
York Road Partnership	Baltimore City
City of Tanytown	Carroll
Sykesville Main Street Association	Carroll
Elkton Alliance Inc.	Cecil
Cambridge Main Street	Dorchester
Brunswick Main Street	Frederick
Downtown Frederick Partnership	Frederick
Main Street Middletown	Frederick
Town of Oakland	Garrett
C.A.T. Club (Citizens Against Trash)	Harford
University of Maryland Harford Extension – Family & Consumer Sciences, Master Gardener	Harford
Ellicott City Partnership	Howard
Patapsco Heritage Greenway	Howard
Main Street Historic Chestertown	Kent
Montgomery Parks Foundation	Montgomery
Old Takoma Business Association	Montgomery
Alice Ferguson Foundation	Prince George’s
City of Greenbelt’s Department of Public Works	Prince George’s
Kent Island Beach Cleanups	Queen Anne’s
City of Hagerstown	Washington
Town of Hancock	Washington
Town of Williamsport	Washington
Art League of Ocean City	Worcester