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Congregational RainScapes

Discover how RainScapes can benefit your congregation's worship, outreach, and creation care efforts. Learn about successful projects and grants available for rain gardens, conservation landscapes, and more.

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Congregational RainScapes

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  1. June 13, 2019 Congregational RainScapes RainScapes Rewards, Demonstrations and Grants

  2. What can a RainScape do for your congregation? • What is the story you are trying to tell? • Nurture? • Community? • Worship and outreach? • Creation care? • Cared for and welcoming? • ….. Demonstrate your values

  3. What Does a RainScape Look Like?What sort of projects have been installed by other Faith Based groups? Turf conversion along the Church building • Rain Barrels water the garden • RainScapes Rewards Brookmont Church, Brookmont

  4. Grace Episcopal School Melvin G. Berman Hebrew Academy • Faith Based Education • RainScapes Rewards Rebate

  5. Adat Shalom • Conservation Landscapes • NWF Sacred Grounds partnership • MC-CBT Watershed Grant and RainScapes Rewards Rebates • NWF

  6. Silver Spring Methodist Church • From idea to completion using a variety of tools • RainScapes Rewards, MC-CBT Watershed Restoration Grants

  7. St. James Episcopal Church andBeth Shalom • Neighbors inspire change • Grants and Rebate projects created a Comprehensive treatment train • RainScapes Rewards Rebates, MC - CBT Watershed Grant

  8. Colesville Methodist Church • From idea to completion • Rain Garden and Conservation landscape • RainScapes Demonstration Project

  9. RainScapes Rewards Incentive Program • Rebates for multi-family/commercial / institutional: • $20,000 per property • with lifetime project caps • Rebates for single family residences: • $7,500 per property • with lifetime project caps • All County property owners outside of municipalities Rockville, Gaithersburg and Takoma Park are eligible for rebates

  10. After the congregational project…….. What can you do at home?

  11. RainScapes Techniques in Action

  12. Questions? Contact: Ann English RainScapes Program Manager, Watershed Restoration Division Ann.English@MontgomeryCountyMD.gov 240-777-7759 Or Rainscapes@montgomerycountymd.gov

  13. Rain Barrel Cistern Reuse – store &irrigate Reduce - infiltrate Watershed Restoration LID and RainScapes: Multi-benefit Solutions • Tree Canopy • Conservation • Landscapes • Green Roofs • Rain Gardens • Permeable • Pavement • Tree Canopy • Conservation • Landscapes • LID retrofits Rain Barrel Cistern Recycle – evapo-transpirate/reuse materials

  14. What is the call to stewardship as it applies to the earth, right here?

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