Eugene Young Environmental Ed Center Gains a Grant and Moves Ahead

Good news. We have been promised a $5,000 grant to install the solar panels in the green-frame shade structure, the last building item we’ve been waiting for. The Edison Wetlands Association arranged that grant for us, along with a new $10,000 for the Meadows trail we are already developing downstream of Donaldson Park. These grants are a relief especially since the center’s budget money originally intended for solar panels, display cases, and some other features had unexpectedly needed to be diverted to soil capping around the center to meet residential standards (stricter than most roadside land). Now that that’s fixed, other money already in hand can pay for paths, plantings, and the start of a sculpture garden near the center, starting (we hope) summer 2009. Keep checking the news here for further progress. Use the Contact Us box to share your thoughts on future programs and activities.