The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, in partnership with the Tennessee Stormwater Association, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Tennessee Department of Transportation, awarded $103,080 to five local governments to fund green infrastructure and low-impact development projects beginning March 2015.
Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability and Shelby County Engineering program with support from Tennessee Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects received a $20,000 grant. They will install multiple green infrastructure demonstration rain gardens at the Peggy W. Edmiston Administration Building on Mullins Station Road and will offer multiple educational sessions to homeowners. A rain garden, one type of low impact development, is a way to treat stormwater runoff that mimics the natural hydrology of the site instead of the traditional method of piping the water directly off of the site.
“Receiving a second Green Development Grant is an important achievement for the Office of Sustainability in our efforts to advance environmental quality in the city and county,” said John Zeanah, Administrator of the Office of Sustainability. “Installing demonstration gardens at the Peggy W. Edmiston Administration Building helps us achieve one of the short-term implementation targets for the Mid-South Regional Greenprint Plan, as well.”
Read more about the Green Development Grant Program in Shelby County
here.
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