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Green Region environmental grant program to fund 23 projects
throughout ComEd service territory
ComEd and Openlands today announced they are awarding almost $200,000 in
Green Region grants to 23 municipalities throughout northern Illinois to
support their continuing efforts to conserve and protect open spaces.
These grants help local municipalities facilitate environmental
initiatives that otherwise would be sacrificed due to budget constraints.
This is the third year of the Green Region program in Illinois, a joint
effort by ComEd and Openlands to fund municipal conservation and
environmental projects. The Green Region grants are one of the ways
ComEd and Openlands partner to give back to our communities and help
them improve their green footprints. The grants subsidize existing open
space projects at the municipal level focusing on conservation,
preservation, protecting endangered species, and improvements to local
parks and recreation resources. Each grant applicant was eligible for a
maximum of $10,000 per project.
“At ComEd, we are committed to doing all that we can to advance clean
and green initiatives that help to protect the environment and
communities now and into the future. Supporting our local communities
who are doing great work to preserve and enhance our resources is a
natural fit,” said Fidel Marquez, senior vice president of Governmental
and External Affairs, ComEd. “We’re proud to partner with Openlands on
this program and we congratulate the winning communities on their Green
Region grants awards.”
Openlands, a Chicago-based nonprofit focused on land conservation, is
administering the Green Region program. Municipalities throughout
northern Illinois submitted their applications for a Green Region grant
earlier this year. The applications were reviewed by an advisory
committee of local environmental leaders selected by ComEd and Openlands.
“Working closely with partners like ComEd is vital to the work Openlands
does to ensure that everyone in our region has access to nature,” said
Openlands President and CEO Jerry Adelmann. “The grants that are part of
the Green Region program make it possible for projects throughout
northern Illinois to move forward immediately, benefiting neighborhoods,
communities, and ultimately all of us.”
The grants will be distributed by ComEd over the next two years.
Openlands will monitor the 23 projects by developing reports, guidelines
and a scorecard to track and measure the impact of each project.
The 23 Green Region grant recipients for 2015 are:
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City of Lake Forest This is a collaborative restoration
project to remove invasive plants along a popular, heavily-traveled
2.5-mile section of the Robert McClory Bike Bath in Lake Forest.
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City of Sycamore This project will connect the Peace Road
Trail extension from the South Prairie Elementary School to the main
trail next to Peace Road. This new connecting trail will allow safer
access to the trail north of Prairie Drive on Peace Road, increasing
the enjoyment of all who use the trail.
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DeKalb County Forest Preserve District This grant will
assist the City of Genoa to connect Russell Woods Forest Preserve with
a multi-use trail.
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Forest Preserves of Cook County This grant will allow the
expansion of Hermitage Street Community Gardens so that more families
can use allotment beds, and that a wide cross section of the community
will be invested in the use of this open green space that employs
environmental best practices.
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Frankfort Square Park District This project will allow
the Frankfort Square Park District to expand public access into the
Island Prairie Park wetlands by creating a boardwalk extension.
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Homewood Flossmoor Park District This project will
provide funding for the planning, designing, surveying and permitting
necessary to determine the best course of action to restore water
filtration and quality to the Irons Oaks pond.
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Kendall County Forest Preserve District This project will
establish approved management plans for Maramech Forest Preserve and
Tucker-Millington Fen to implement enhanced natural area monitoring
and restoration activities, with primary focus on removal of
non-native species from core habitat areas.
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Lee County This project includes the design, fabrication
and installation of one kiosk and 15 signs to help potential visitors
find the 80-acre Headwaters property, orient themselves, and learn
about its key natural and historic features.
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Lockport Township Park District Dellwood Park West and
the adjacent Lockport Prairie East contain rare dolomite prairie and
sage meadow. The Lockport Township Park District and the Will County
Forest Preserve District plan to collectively manage the site in an
attempt to save the rare and Federally Endangered Species located at
the site.
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Richard Burton High School District – 157 This project
will include the restoration of a 20-acre oak woodland complex that
connects two fragmented woodlands, restoring a 160-acre oak woodland
community.
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Village of Diamond The Village of Diamond is installing
an 8-foot asphalt multi-use path with an 8-foot pre-fabricated bridge,
lighting, and signage. A Boy Scout is doing his Eagle Scout Project
which will include 2 wooden benches that will be installed adjacent to
the bridge.
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Village of Grant Park This project will create a hill
prairie and a natural playground learning environment that is safe,
cognitively challenging, and utilizes native plants and natural
elements to create a beautiful, sustainable, wildlife area with a low
carbon footprint.
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Village of Lemont Heritage Quarries Recreation Area,
situated along the historic I & M Canal in Lemont, offers visitors
100+ acres of nature to explore. This project will include
installation of a boat dock on one of the Great Lakes Quarries as part
of an ongoing effort to increase passive recreation opportunities.
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Village of Midlothian This project is a green
infrastructure implementation project to increase community awareness
of water quality Best Management Practices, providing water quality
and aesthetic improvements along Midlothian Creek.
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Village of Oakwood Hills This project is part of a
larger, 2-year project that will stabilize severe ecosystem
degradation at the Oakwood Hills Fed Illinois State Nature Preserve.
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Village of Villa Park This project will allow the Village
of Villa Park and its partners in the Grow Healthy Villa Park
coalition to create a community garden on a vacant site and engage
partners and residents in establishing an edible, teaching garden.
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Channahon Park District This grant will allow the
Channahon Park District to develop the 56-acre wetland located
adjacent to an existing park. Development will include trails, an
interpretive boardwalk at a Native American Mound, an interpretive
kiosk adjacent to a parking lot, and interpretive signage and benches.
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City of Woodstock This grant will fund new wetlands
walkways, will ensure the William C. Donato Conservation Area is a
safe and accessible outdoor learning lab for Woodstock High School
students, and is enjoyable for all park visitors.
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Village of Wayne This project will include the
preservation of 38+ acres of undeveloped meadow for walking, horseback
riding, bird watching and exercise of unleashed dogs, traversed by two
creeks which for Norton Creek, a tributary to the Fox River.
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Village of Orangeville This project will involve the
construction of an observation deck to enhance community interaction
with the Village’s restored wetland along the Jane Addams Trail.
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Village of Poplar Grove This project is a part of an
ongoing effort to develop an accessible, passive-use park shelter
adjacent to Long Prairie Trail. The shelter and path will be enjoyed
by residents, cyclists, and recreational enthusiasts, and it will be
used as a space for organized events, scouting, and community wide
activities.
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Village of Green Oaks The Dennis A. Dorsey Conservation
Area is a new restoration project focusing on a rare habitat that is
globally imperiled – 12 acres of northern Flatwoods, oak savanna and
vernal ponds to be restored by volunteer stewards and adjacent
homeowners as a citizen model.
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Chicago Park District – Independence Park The
Independence Park Teaching Garden is an applied approach to
nutritional and biological sciences, reinforcing education for
children enrolled in the summer day camp.
The Green Region grants will be presented to the 23 municipalities
during a reception in Chicago this fall.
To date, ComEd has distributed nearly a half million dollars to open
space projects in the Chicagoland area.
Additional information on the Green Region program can be found at www.openlands.org/greenregion.
About Openlands
Founded in 1963, Openlands is one of the nation’s oldest and most
successful metropolitan conservation organizations, having helped
secure, protect, and provide public access to more than 55,000 acres of
land for parks, forest preserves, wildlife refuges, land and water
greenway corridors, and urban gardens. For more information, visit www.openlands.org.
About ComEd
Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon
Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy
provider, with approximately 7.8 million customers. ComEd provides
service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois,
or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information visit
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