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Norristown Latino Community Center Wins Environmental Grant
The organization will work with the Audubon Center to make a student-designed environmental project in Norristown a reality.
NORRISTOWN, PA — Norristown's largest Latino community center has won a significant environmental grant to make the the designs of some local students a reality.
The Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion (CCATE) received $2,500 in funding from Pennsylvania American Water, which selected just 11 local watershed projects to support statewide.
“This grant program is a fantastic opportunity to recognize and support the organizations that work alongside us every day in our communities to protect our drinking water sources,” Mike Doran, president of Pennsylvania American Water, said in a statement. “Our 2020 grant recipients are thinking creatively to exhibit environmental stewardship at the most local level.”
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CCATE will work with the nearby Audubon Center to help students design and install an urban stormwater management project at their location on 208 DeKalb Street.
The funding will be used to purchase native trees, plants, and shrubs. They'll also install rain barrels and signage.
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The CCATE was the only Montgomery County project to be awarded.
The Pennsylvania American Water program disbursed a total of $40,000 in grants to the 11 winning community-based projects this year.
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