Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, August 24, 1994 TAG: 9408240042
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: CATHRYN MCCUE
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
The non-profit river group received $26,250 to pursue plans for a greenway along the 37-mile stretch of the New that passes through Giles County. The aim is to protect the river's resources while promoting recreation as an economic development goal.
The committee is working with the county, the county's five incorporated towns, educational and business groups and the National Park Service.
The Roanoke County public school system received $5,000 to develop an environmental education program called "Plastics in the Streams."
The two grants were among 19 grants totaling $326,391 that went to projects specifically targeted at sustainable development - a principle that incorporates natural resource conservation in plans for economic growth.
The Virginia Environmental Endowment has awarded $13.7 million in its 17-year history, matched by $21.3 million. The foundation is based in Virginia but reaches into West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.
Other sustainable development grants this year include $15,560 to Virginia Military Institute to prepare a pollution prevention video for local governments, $30,000 to the Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River to expand its well-monitoring program, $30,000 to the West Virginia-Citizen Research Group in Charleston for continued support of its water quality programs, and $34,000 to the Martins Ferry (Ohio) city school district to support student monitoring of water quality.
by CNB