American Farmland Trust
$35,000 / 2007 / Environment
For staffing costs and related expenses to facilitate the implementation of recommendations set out in Maryland’s Statewide Plan for Agricultural Policy and Resource Management, and to build support for proposed reforms of the 2007 Farm Bill. The Trust will continue to provide community outreach and bridge farming communities with the environmental community, promote a more viable and sustaining agriculture economy in Maryland, help open greater access to fresh and locally grown food to local markets, and work toward tripling the protected acreage of productive farmland by 2022.
Arnold Preservation Council, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For speakers’ travel fees and related expenses of a one-day conference on growth management in Anne Arundel County.
Art With A Heart
$15,550 / 2007 / Workforce Development
For continued support and expansion of Summer Jobcorps, a visual arts program for 30 at-risk youth living in the Rose Street community. Developed as a four-week job-training program for 14- to 21-year-olds, Art With A Heart offers summer work experience in the creating and selling of marketable art at the 2007 Artscape.
Arts Education in Maryland Schools Alliance
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
For continued support of programs designed to integrate the arts into the curriculum of Maryland’s public schools.
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
$49,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward support of the alley gating and greening initiative in Baltimore City. As a strategy to reduce crime and excess dumping and to increase property values, the Community Greens concept provides an opportunity for neighborhoods to reclaim their alleyways, broaden the possibilities for involvement in communal life, and improve their communities.