Congregational RainScapes
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Discover how RainScapes can benefit your congregation's worship, outreach, and creation care efforts. Learn about successful projects and grants available for rain gardens, conservation landscapes, and more.
Congregational RainScapes
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June 13, 2019 Congregational RainScapes RainScapes Rewards, Demonstrations and Grants
What can a RainScape do for your congregation? • What is the story you are trying to tell? • Nurture? • Community? • Worship and outreach? • Creation care? • Cared for and welcoming? • ….. Demonstrate your values
What Does a RainScape Look Like?What sort of projects have been installed by other Faith Based groups? Turf conversion along the Church building • Rain Barrels water the garden • RainScapes Rewards Brookmont Church, Brookmont
Grace Episcopal School Melvin G. Berman Hebrew Academy • Faith Based Education • RainScapes Rewards Rebate
Adat Shalom • Conservation Landscapes • NWF Sacred Grounds partnership • MC-CBT Watershed Grant and RainScapes Rewards Rebates • NWF
Silver Spring Methodist Church • From idea to completion using a variety of tools • RainScapes Rewards, MC-CBT Watershed Restoration Grants
St. James Episcopal Church andBeth Shalom • Neighbors inspire change • Grants and Rebate projects created a Comprehensive treatment train • RainScapes Rewards Rebates, MC - CBT Watershed Grant
Colesville Methodist Church • From idea to completion • Rain Garden and Conservation landscape • RainScapes Demonstration Project
RainScapes Rewards Incentive Program • Rebates for multi-family/commercial / institutional: • $20,000 per property • with lifetime project caps • Rebates for single family residences: • $7,500 per property • with lifetime project caps • All County property owners outside of municipalities Rockville, Gaithersburg and Takoma Park are eligible for rebates
After the congregational project…….. What can you do at home?
Questions? Contact: Ann English RainScapes Program Manager, Watershed Restoration Division Ann.English@MontgomeryCountyMD.gov 240-777-7759 Or Rainscapes@montgomerycountymd.gov
Rain Barrel Cistern Reuse – store &irrigate Reduce - infiltrate Watershed Restoration LID and RainScapes: Multi-benefit Solutions • Tree Canopy • Conservation • Landscapes • Green Roofs • Rain Gardens • Permeable • Pavement • Tree Canopy • Conservation • Landscapes • LID retrofits Rain Barrel Cistern Recycle – evapo-transpirate/reuse materials
What is the call to stewardship as it applies to the earth, right here?