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Reuse Assistance Grants Fiscal Year 2000/2001 Grant Recipients |
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At its December 12-13, 2000 meeting, the Board approved the scoring criteria and evaluation process for the fiscal year 2000/2001 offering of the Reuse Assistance Grants. At its April 24-25, 2001 meeting, the Board approved staff's recommendation to award the grants. The application period ran from December 15, 2000 through March 9, 2001. The Board received a total of 27 applications, and approved six for funding, totaling $250,000. At its April 16-17, 2002 meeting, the Board acted to reallocate additional available funds to fully fund all six applications.
The following jurisdictions received grants to promote the concept of reuse. Arcata, City of ($50,000.00)Description of project: Spurred the salvage and reuse of building materials generated from construction, demolition and deconstruction projects with the expansion of an existing reuse facility, and through aggressive education outreach. Expanded the nonprofit Arcata Community Recycling Center's Reusables Depot facility space to enable it to accept and market recovered building materials beyond its original capability. Developed programming to educate building contractors on the availability of the Reusable Depot as an alternative to disposal of building materials. Marketing efforts also focused on establishing the Reusables Depot as a source of affordable building materials for Arcata residents and surrounding Humboldt County. View the City of Arcata's first, second, or final grant progress reports.
Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority ($48,352.00)Description of project: Produced the site planning, permitting, and legal documents for a Resource Recovery Park co-located and concurrently developed with the Del Norte Transfer Station/Materials Recovery Facility. Also produced construction drawings and specifications for the first phase of the Resource Recovery Park, a Reuse Center, an incubator for reuse, repair, and architectural and construction salvage businesses. Procured an energy-efficient refrigerator for a Food Bank program run by the nonprofit Community Assistance Network. View Del Norte Solid Waste Management Authority's first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
Lomita, City of ($50,000.00)Description of project: In partnership with the cities of Rancho Palos Verdes, Torrance, Lakewood, and Redondo Beach, expanded an existing program to provide services to the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. This diverted edible food not sold at restaurants, food courts, hotels, hospitals, and other establishments, and provided it to the nonprofit Food Finders, who allocated the food to organizations that help meet the nutritional needs of displaced, indigent, or impoverished persons. Food Finders collected and distributed food along with other essential items to missions, shelters, treatment centers, senior centers, children's homes, etc. in both Los Angeles and Orange Counties at no cost to recipients. View a profile of Food Finders or the City of Lomita's first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
Los Angeles, City of ($45,361.00)Description of project: Established a program to seek donations of reusable materials within the Los Angeles area. Targeted local businesses such as accounting firms, financial institutions, legal corporations, etc. who are willing to donate reusable functional office equipment and materials because they are upgrading their office equipment to keep up with modern technology. Also targeted electronic equipment manufacturers and wholesalers for their overages and discontinued office products. Performed outreach to the commercial sector to relieve local businesses of outdated office equipment, inventory surplus and discontinued items, which are still functional, by directing them to Los Angeles' nonprofit reuse agencies who have a distribution network and infrastructure in place. View the City of Los Angeles' first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
Sacramento County ($50,000.00)Description of project: Implemented a local ReStore in Sacramento County. The Habitat for Humanity International ReStore is a successful and replicable model that has been established in over 50 communities throughout the United States. Each ReStore uses diverted reusable building materials creatively to eliminate poverty housing and stave off deteriorating neighborhoods. Diverted construction and building materials are incorporated into Sacramento Habitat for Humanity houses and reduce construction costs while protecting the environment. Diverted materials not utilized in Habitat construction projects are stored and sold through the retail operations to increase Habitat building capacity, furthering its mission to eliminate poverty housing. Established a new ReStore to serve the Sacramento area, enabling the Sacramento ReStore to be entirely self-sufficient within 18 months of operation. View Sacramento County's first, second, third, or final grant progress reports.
University of California, Berkeley ($28,119.00)Description of project: Established a materials exchange on the UC Berkeley campus that was operated by paid student interns. UC Berkeley already had a system to deal with large furniture and inventoried items, but a system to deal with smaller equipment, office supplies, and other reusables did not exist. The materials exchange provided an opportunity to promote reuse. In addition to diverted tonnages and deferred disposal fees, this program promoted the ethic of reuse and conservation within the campus student and staff population of over 40,000 people. View an article on the opening of the materials exchange of UC Berkeley's grant project or their 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 |