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Environmental Services evaluates project submissions based on two criteria: watershed benefits and community involvement and partnerships. Find more detail about the selection criteria on this page.
Applicants must briefly explain how their projects meet these criteria on the pre-application and in greater detail on the full application. Below is more detail about each of the four criteria that Environmental Services' reviewers look for when evaluating a potential Percent for Green project.
Watershed Benefits
Percent for Green grants fund large-scale community projects that help improve watershed health by solving stormwater problems, protecting water quality, removing impervious areas, increasing tree canopy, restoring habitat, or adding green spaces to the city.
Project elements may include:
- Stormwater management such as rain gardens, stormwater planters, or ecoroofs.
- Drainage improvements such as swales and gutters to redirect rainwater to the right place.
- Pavement removal to reduce stormwater runoff.
Community Involvement, Partnerships, and Benefits
Percent for Green funds support projects that create strong partnerships and increase leadership in local communities. Projects rank higher if they:
- Involve multiple partnerships.
- Include volunteers and participants beyond the project coordinators.
- Build or strengthen relationships among groups and organizations.
- Foster ongoing partnerships and connections between neighbors and groups.
- Provide multiple community benefits such as enhance pedestrian safety and circulation, enhance bicycle safety and circulation, calm traffic, provide or enhance a community amenity, bring community members together for design or installation, connect parks and other facilities, or provide public education.