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Community Investments
Evenson Foundation Fellows
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Citizen's Climate Lobby - Grand Rapids Chapter
Members of the Citizens Climate Lobby Grand Rapids Chapter attend the annual “CCL Summer Conference and Lobby Day” in Washington D.C., but participation is often limited to those who can afford to pay their own way. An Evenson Foundation grant was provided to the GR CCL Chapter Transportation Fund to further understanding, discussion, and legislation to address climate change by enabling students and others who might not be able to afford the transportation costs to attend and actively participate.
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Thornapple River Watershed Council (TRWC)
The Thornapple River Watershed Council focuses on community engagement, education and policy advocacy for green infrastructure for those communities surrounding the Thornapple River. The Evenson Foundation grant helped TRWC to pursue advocacy for rain gardens and other green infrastructure improvements as well as helping to secure additional funding.
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Chemours Environmental Impact Committee (CEIC)
CEIC, a volunteer group in Muskegon County (White River Township), formed in 2018 with a vision to restore the former DuPont (now Chemours) property as a healthy, sustainable ecosystem to be enjoyed safely by current and future generations of wildlife and humankind. CEIC’s mission has expanded to Sadony Bayou, which receives waters from a creek that passes by a landfill on the Chemours site. The bayou lacks flow after an 1860s blockade of its natural channel to Lake Michigan. The Evenson Foundation grant helped CEIC retain ecological experts, with whom CEIC continues to work side by side, conducting evaluations and meeting with community members, partners and governmental officials to advance the restoration of this once thriving ecosystem.