Environmental Funds & Investments

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2011

Renew Growing Greener Coalition Applauds Indiana County for Resolution Calling for Renewal of State Funding to Protect Environment

Indiana County Joins More Than 80 Municipalities and Counties Urging Support for Growing Greener

(INDIANA, PA) The Renew Growing Greener Coalition today applauded the Indiana County Board of Commissioners for passing a resolution calling for the renewal of Growing Greener, the state’s primary source of funding to help local communities preserve open space and farmland, protect water quality, provide parks and recreation, and clean up abandoned mines. …

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2011

Nine More Organizations and Municipalities Join Coalition
in Calling for Growing Greener Funding

Support to Restore Funding for Key State Environmental Program Continues to Grow

(HARRISBURG, PA) The Renew Growing Greener Coalition today announced that nine more organizations and municipalities have joined in supporting the effort to restore state funding for Growing Greener.

Neighborhood Bike Works (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Association (Statewide), Philagreen Hospitality Association (Philadelphia), and Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership (Philadelphia) have signed the Coalition’s Statement of Support, which calls for the establishment of a dedicated and sustainable source of revenue to support the renewal of Growing Greener. They join more than 200 other organizations and groups that have also announced their support for renewing Growing Greener. …

For Immediate Release: May 20, 2011

Eleven More Organizations and Municipalities Join Coalition in
Calling for Growing Greener Funding

Support to Restore Funding for Key State Environmental Program Continues to Grow

(HARRISBURG, PA) The Renew Growing Greener Coalition today announced that eleven more organizations and municipalities have joined in supporting the effort to restore state funding for Growing Greener.

Penn’s Corner RC&D Council (Beaver), Friends of McConnell’s Mills State Park (New Wilmington), Friends of Wissahickon (Philadelphia), and Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO (Philadelphia) have signed the Coalition’s Statement of Support, which calls for the establishment of a dedicated and sustainable …

For Immediate Release: May 12, 2011

Renew Growing Greener Coalition Applauds York County for Resolution Calling for Renewal of State Funding to Protect Environment

York County Joins 60 Municipalities and Counties Urging Support for Growing Greener

(YORK, PA) Renew Growing Greener Coalition Executive Director Andrew Heath today applauded the York County Commissioners for adopting a resolution calling for the renewal of Growing Greener, the state’s primary source of funding to help local communities preserve open space and farmland, protect water quality, provide parks and recreation, and clean up abandoned mines. …