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Chester County Planning Commission announces the opening of Round 2 of the Vision Partnership Program (VPP) for 2023
June 23, 2023

Grants awarded under VPP are provided to municipalities to achieve consistency with and implementation of Landscapes3 while accomplishing impactful, lasting, and positive benefits through planning projects that address opportunities and issues of community concern. This round of funding is anticipated to have approximately $215,000 available. The round opens on July 3, 2023 and applications are due September 8th.

3M Resolves Claims by Public Water Suppliers, Supports Drinking Water Solutions for Vast Majority of Americans
June 22, 2023
PECO Awards 23 Area Municipalities and Nonprofits with a Total of $150,000 in PECO Green Region Open Space Program Grants
June 22, 2023
EPA Invites Youth to Serve on Agency’s First-Ever National Environmental Youth Advisory Council
June 22, 2023

The National Environmental Youth Advisory Council (NEYAC) is an exciting new opportunity for young people between the ages of 16-29. This group of passionate young leaders from across the country will provide advice and recommendations on environmental issues directly to the head of the EPA.

The NEYAC will include sixteen members, and anyone can apply themselves or nominate someone else. Selected applicants who become members are appointed to NEYAC for a two-year term. Click the link below to learn more about this opportunity and sign up for a webinar in July or August!

Kayakers participate in the Schuylkill River Sojourn to paddle 112 miles across water
June 22, 2023
Legislative Report On Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits Finds No Approved Method Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemical' Testing, No Standards For PFAS In Biosolids; DEP Says Changes Needed To Protect Health, Environment
June 22, 2023
New train derailment rule would alert first responders of chemicals on board
June 22, 2023
NRCS PA Funds Community Gardens in Philadelphia
June 22, 2023
Schuylkill River Sojourn paddlers park for the night in Pottstown
June 21, 2023

Pottstown resident Nancy Wiesinger...had high praise for the Greenways staff and the army of volunteers who make the Sojourn go.... “None of all this would happen without all of the effort those people put into it.”

76-year-old Sojourner has a canoe for every occasion
June 21, 2023

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