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 Aqua-Loc 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!

Rice Creek Watershed District
(736) 398-3070
http://www.ricecreek.org/grants
http://www.ricecreek.org/bmp/pp

Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
(651) 275-1136
http://www.mscwmo.org/programs_cost_share.htm

Brown's Creek Watershed District
(651) 275-1136
http://www.bcwd.org/grants.html

Washington Conservation District
Administers programs for Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization and Carnelian Marine Watershed District.
(651) 275-1136
http://www.mnwcd.org/financial_assistance.php

Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
Administers programs for Beaver Lake, Phalen, Battle Creek, County Ditch 18, St. Paul Beltline, Blufflands and Fish Creek watershed districts.
(651) 704-2089
http://www.rwmwd.org

South Washington Watershed District
Currently developing a cost share program. Information eventually will be available here: (651) 714-3729
http://www.swwdmn.org

Metro Watershed Partners
Additional contact information for Twin Cities metro area water-quality resources.
http://www.cleanwatermn.org/tools/toolsDirectory.asp