IT PAYS TO BE GREEN!

Twin Cities Metro Area Grants Available for Permeable Pavers

Did you know your home or business may be eligible for a cost-sharing grant to help pay for installing permeable pavers? Several watershed districts in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area now offer financial assistance—grants and loans—to home and business owners for projects that meet certain qualifications for improving water quality, including the use of permeable pavers. Additional watershed districts are in the process of establishing similar programs.

Below is a list of resources that offer financial assistance for permeable pavers. Contact your appropriate local government unit to find out if you qualify. Green up your pavement—and your pocketbook!

Anoka Conservation District
http://www.anokaswcd.org
or contact (763) 434-2030

Brown’s Creek Watershed District
http://www.mnbcwd.org
or contact Karen Kill at (651) 275-1136 x.26, klkill@mnwcd.org

Capitol Region Watershed District
http://www.capitolregionwd.org or contact (651) 644-8888

Carnelian-Marine Watershed District
mklewis@mnwcd.org
or contact Melissa Lewis at (651) 275-1136 x.22

Carver County Soil and Water Conservation District
http://www.co.carver.mn.us/Divisions/LandWaterServices/SWCD
or contact (952) 442-5101

City of Woodbury
Visit the Community Development Department at City Hall
or contact (651) 714-3533

Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
http://www.dakotacountyswcd.org
or contact Mikael Isensee 651-480-7781 mike.isensee@co.dakota.mn.us

Great River Greening (St. Croix Healthy Waters Initiative)
www.greatrivergreening.org
or contact 651-665-9500

Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
Contact Melissa Lewis at (651) 275-1136 x.22 mklewis@mnwcd.org

Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
www.minnehahacreek.org
or contact Julie Westerlund at 952-471-0590 x 209, jwesterlund@minnehahacreek.org

Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District
www.plslwd.org
or contact (952) 447-4166

Ramsey Conservation District
www.ramseyconservation.org
or contact Ryan Johnson at (651) 266-7275, ryan.johnson@co.ramsey.mn.us

Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District
www.rwmwd.org
or contact Julie Vigness-Pint at (651) 792-7959, julie.vigness-pint@rwmwd.org

Rice Creek Watershed District
www.ricecreek.org
Anoka county - contact Nate Zwonitzer 763-434-2030 ext. 11
Ramsey county - contact Ryan Johnson
ryan.johnson@co.ramsey.mn.us or 651-266-7270
Washington county - contact Rusty Schmidt
rschmidt@mnwcd.org or 651-275-1136 ext. 36

Scott Watershed Management Organization
Contact Melissa Bokman at (952) 496-8887

South Washington Watershed District
www.swwdmn.org
or contact Matt Moore at (651) 714-3729, mmoore@ci.woodbury.mn.us

Valley Branch Watershed District
www.vbwd.org
or contact John Hanson at (651) 748-4230, jhanson@barr.com

Washington Conservation District
www.mnwcd.org
or contact (651) 275-1136

Blue Thumb has more information about metro-area funding opportunities at http://www.bluethumb.org/grants