Senator Jack Reed, EPA and Restore America’s Estuaries Announce Grants for Coastal Conservation and Restoration
Rain Location: Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main St., Pawtucket 02860
Events will highlight local work to restore clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems, with a tour of Pawtucket’s new Tidewater Landing development.
Contact: Thomas Ardito | Director, SNEP Watershed Grants
tardito@estuaries.org | 401-575-6109
Background: In 2012, Senator Jack Reed led Congress in securing new funding to conserve and restore Southeast New England’s coastal waters, watersheds and communities.
Sen. Reed’s vision led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop the Southeast New England Program (SNEP). Now, Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) is working with EPA to award SNEP Watershed Grants, funding local projects to restore clean water and healthy coastal ecosystems.
In 2021, this program will award $1.75 million to municipalities, non-profit organizations and others in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Speakers: Sen. Jack Reed; Cong. David Cicilline; Cong. Jim Langevin; Ken Moraff, Water Division Director for EPA Region 1; Jennifer Paquet, RIDEM Office of Water Resources; and Mayor Donald R. Grebien of Pawtucket.
Where: Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main St., Pawtucket 02860 (Rain Location)
When: Thursday, September 9, 1:00 p.m.
What: A speaking program to announce $1.75 million in new grants to 14 organizations, introduce the grantees and highlight their work.
Following the grant announcements, Pawtucket city planner Anthony Hebert will discuss Tidewater Landing, an innovative new waterfront development that will include a new soccer stadium, public park and mixed-use development on both sides of the Seekonk River, connected by a new pedestrian bridge.
Construction has begun on the site of the new development.
For more about EPA’s Southeast New England Program, see www.epa.gov/snep
For more about SNEP Watershed Grants, see www.snepgrants.org