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Reuse Assistance Grants Fiscal Year 2001/2002 Grant Recipients |
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The application period for the fiscal year 2001/2002 offering of the Reuse Assistance Grants ran from August 23, 2001 through November 30, 2001. The Board received a total of 20 applications and approved six for funding, totaling $250,000. At its April 16-17, 2002 meeting, the Board acted to reallocate available funds to fully fund all six applications and to fund two additional, eligible applications. At its August 14–15, 2001 meeting, the Board approved the scoring criteria and evaluation process for the grants. At its February 19–20, 2002 meeting, the Board approved staff's recommendation to award the grants.
The following jurisdictions received grants to promote the concept of reuse. El Dorado County ($49,990.00)Description of project: Partnered with Habitat for Humanity of El Dorado County to expand a successful, local reuse facility—the Habitat for Humanity ReStore—and jumpstarted a countywide construction and demolition materials reuse education program. The project directly resulted in increased diversion from landfill disposal. View El Dorado County's first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, or final grant progress reports.
Kern County ($40,099.00)Description of project: Established an electronics reuse program for commercial businesses and residents in Kern County. Businesses and residents participate by donating dated electronics to the local, nonprofit thrift store network, including Goodwill and the Salvation Army. Collected electronic waste is transported to and processed by the Bakersfield Association of Retarded Citizens (BARC). Material that is in good working order, refurbishable, or marketable is managed by BARC technical staff and eventually sold or donated through the thrift store network. Unmarketable material is demanufactured by BARC staff with component parts used for the refurbishing program or responsibly recycled. View Kern County's first, second, or final grant progress reports.
Los Angeles, City of ($50,000.00)Description of project: Partnered with Kenter Canyon Charter School and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to replace the small, outdated, inadequate library of the Kenter Canyon School, a public elementary school in the LAUSD. A 1,600-square-foot California Craftsman-style house, that was built for a movie set and slated for demolition, was donated to the school and all of its parts were carefully disassembled, catalogued, and put in storage. Kenter Canyon School, through the volunteer work of its parent support group, used the funds to reconstruct the building on school property, reusing the materials with virtually no reprocessing. The house became a new library to provide a better and larger learning environment. This project showcased the creative thinking that transformed an existing building, destined for a landfill, into a children's library and inspired the school district to explore many other avenues of adaptive reuse. View an article on the "new" library project or the City of Los Angeles' first or final grant progress reports.
Modesto, City of ($24,059.00)Description of project: Developed a quarterly newsletter for all Modesto businesses to promote the reuse of various materials. Each newsletter highlighted reuse ideas about a particular material or product (e.g., food, office furnishings, etc.), as well as showcased businesses that are already successfully reusing their waste products. The newsletter also acted as a forum to further promote the City's Business Recycling Awards Program to encourage more businesses to think creatively about their waste reduction programs. View the City of Modesto's first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
Napa, City of ($38,930.00)Description of project: In cooperation with Solano-Napa Builders' Exchange, reformed, expanded, and promoted NapaMax (its local materials exchange program) to improve the program's effectiveness. Developed and supported a new, Web-based system (www.napamax.org) with extensive outreach and technical assistance to solicit listings from the entire Solano-Napa region. View the City of Napa's first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
Porterville, City of ($23,603.04)Description of project: The Porterville Developmental Center, a facility of California's Department of Development Services, currently operates a newspaper reuse program in conjunction with the City of Porterville. Additionally, the Developmental Center operates two vocational education workshops which "rescue" discarded furniture, etc. from the facility and train their clients to refurbish and redistribute the materials for client and staff use. Additional roll-off bins for newspaper collection, a freestanding aluminum cover to protect the bins of paper from inclement weather, and paper "joggers" to facilitate the packaging of the end-product were purchased. Additionally, numerous tools, which the workshop's current budgets are unable to accommodate, were procured for the furniture reuse program. View the City of Porterville's first, second, or final grant progress reports.
San Jose, City of ($50,000.00)Description of project: Assisted the nonprofit Resource Area for Teachers (RAFT) with expanding their materials reuse activities by increasing the number of businesses that are aware of and utilize RAFT's reuse services. The project increased the volume and types of items donated to RAFT by businesses and the number of school districts, teachers, and students utilizing and benefiting from RAFT's services. View the City of San Jose's first, second, third, fourth, or final grant progress reports.
Sonoma County ($36,285.00)Description of project: In partnership with Garbage Reincarnation, Inc., created an educational reuse showcase and related lecture/workshop series to complement the reuse building at the Central Landfill location. This project included: (a) organizing donated materials and volunteers to build a rustic facade for the reuse building, (b) organizing paid labor and volunteers to construct and staff a 20'x30' "Reuse Education Center" within the new reuse building, (c) using reused materials including re-milled lumber in all aspects of construction, (d) acquiring from local scrap art artists samples of creative projects using discarded materials, and (e) conducting lecture/workshops on employing used building materials in construction. View Sonoma County's first, second, third or final grant progress reports.
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Last updated: June 25, 2008 Reuse http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Reuse/ Barbara Baker: RAGs@ciwmb.ca.gov (916) 341-6446 |