Creve Coeur Residents Eligible for Rainscaping Prize Drawings and Rebates

Landowners in participating municipalities, including residents, schools, churches, government entities, and businesses, are eligible to participate in the RainScape Rebates program. This is a voluntary program financially assisting those wishing to landscape to improve stormwater management. There are a variety of rainscaping options to choose from, including planting a rain garden; installing a rain barrel; amending soil; and replacing lawn grass with trees, shrubs, and low-maintenance ground cover.

Qualified applications will be competitively scored to determine distribution of these limited funds. The maximum rebate per site is 75 percent of documented expenses up to $2,000. However, one or more lucky winners will be drawn from the pool of qualified applicants to get a limited expense paid rainscaping makeover for their yard. Sign up to receive the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance email newsletter at www.deercreekalliance.org for program details.

RainScape Rebates application forms are available at the Creve Coeur Government Center, 300 N. New Ballas Road, and online at www.deercreekalliance.org Applications are due February 12, 2014.

The Deer Creek Watershed Alliance is a project of Missouri Botanical Garden; the RainScape Rebates program is funded by Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, Missouri Department of Conservation, Great Rivers Greenway, participating municipalities, and US EPA Region 7 through the Department of Natural Resources (subgrant number G11-NPS-15), under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.