Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
$5,000 / 2006 / Arts
Toward the cost of relocating the satellite ceramic arts studio from Mondawmin Mall to the Forest Park Senior Center. In the new studio, Clayworks artists will continue to offer affordable and accessible arts programs, including after-school and summer programs, to adults and students.
The African American Festival Foundation
$5,000 / 2006 / Arts
In support of the 2006 festival, showcasing and celebrating the history, culture, heritage, and arts of African Americans. The Festival attracts a local and national audience of more than 500,000 visitors.
West/Rhode Riverkeeper, Inc.
$10,000 / 2006 / Environment
For start-up costs for monitoring activities to clean up the West/Rhode River watershed by increasing the number of volunteers and expanding outreach activities. The riverkeeper will meet with state and local leaders to develop cooperative efforts, file complaints with state and county commissioners, testify on pollution issues, commission a study on the effectiveness of the Critical Area Act, and review approved variances.
South River Federation.
$5,000 / 2006 / Environment
For continued support of the Riverkeeper Program. The purpose of the program is to ensure that appropriate laws are being enforced, water quality monitored and tested for dissolved oxygen and bacteria, and county and state advocacy laws strengthened. Through volunteers, the program will undertake restoration projects, including creating oyster reefs and living shorelines.
St. Mary’s River Watershed Association
$5,000 / 2006 / Environment
Toward the cost of a demonstration project to test the potential of farmed, selectively bred, native oysters. An evaluation of the project will measure the improvement of water quality and biodiversity, and the extent of an increased harvest to help Maryland meet its goal of increasing the oyster biomass tenfold by 2010 from a 1994 baseline.