First Green Grant is Awarded to Partnership for a New Phoebus

We’re excited to announce the first award of our 2021 “Green Grants!” We’ll be announcing one each day during the month of June. 

Congratulations to the Partnership for a New Phoebus, located in Hampton, who will receive a grant award of $1000 for its Community Beautification project!

Every year, government, non-profit, civic and service organizations in Virginia were invited to apply for grants for $500 to $1,000 describing how they plan to tackle an environmental concern in their community regarding Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.

Partnership for a New Phoebus will improve the flood resiliency, landscape aesthetics, and overall amenities of their new waterfront park.  The neighborhood’s small waterfront green space, the Phoebus Waterfront Park, was formerly a vacant business and parking lot that stood on historically significant land.  Rain gardens will be installed to purify storm water draining into the Chesapeake Bay, and serve as a pollinator garden.  Native marsh grass along the shore will be installed to act as a natural safeguard against erosion.  Grant funds will be used to purchase an acre’s worth of seeds and plugs for restoring the salt marsh, as well as native pollinator plants.  

The mission at Keep Virginia Beautiful is to engage and unite Virginians to improve the natural and scenic environment.  Since 2011, Keep Virginia Beautiful has provided $254,500 for 320 different environmental programs and projects all across the Commonwealth, due to the generosity of their partnership with Altria, as well as additional support from Coca-Cola, WestRock and Keep America Beautiful.