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Anti-Smog Fund Accepting New Grant Proposals
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he largest private clean air fund in Texas will start taking applications for grants starting September 19, after a six-month hiatus. The Sue Pope Fund for Pollution
Reduction in North Texas, a project of DFW-based Downwinders at Risk, supports projects that reduce smog pollution in the region’s nine-county non-attainment area for ozone pollution, specifically nitrogen oxides (NOx). Applications will be accepted until the end of the year. Grant proposals can be up
to $400,000, but grants are more likely to be given to less expensive projects and for new and innovative projects that can establish footholds for new technology or practices in North Texas. Downwinders established The Sue Pope
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Fund for Pollution Reduction in North Texas to review applications for these funds, rate the proposals, disburse grants and evaluate funded projects. It includes members of the board of Downwinders, as well as selected experts. Over the last four years, the Fund has distrib- uted almost $2 million in grants to a variety of initiatives to reduce North Texas NOx pollution. It’s provided financial support for more efficient appliances and better weatherization in Habitat for Humanity homes in Fair Park, made a South Dallas neighborhood more energy independent with pho- tovoltaic solar panels, fueled the only bus system modern Arlington has ever known, sponsored annual gas-to-electric lawn mower exchanges in Plano, installed air con- ditioning in McKinney Avenue Trolleys, brought the region’s first hybrid school bus to Midlothian, and paid for a Dallas County crackdown on fake car inspection stickers.
For more information, guidelines, applications and instructions on how to submit a proposal, email
Info@DownwindersAtRisk.org or visit
DownwindersAtRisk.org/ SuePopeFund.
Richardson Corporate Challenge T
he 14th annual Richardson Corporate Challenge, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas,
will have record-breaking participation in this year’s 10- week, Olympic-style corporate competition. Fifty-four DFW-area companies have committed to taking part in the Challenge’s 23 athletic and non-athletic events. These companies have set a goal of surpassing the $1 million mark in cumulative fundraising for Special
Olympics Texas, the event’s beneficiary since its inception. The Richardson Corpo- rate Challenge, the only corporate competition of its in Texas, runs from August to October. The 10-week Corporate Challenge includes competitions in events ranging
from athletic sports such as softball, basketball and flag football, to darts, billiards and miniature golf. For the first time this year, the Challenge will also include 3-on- 3 women’s basketball, and bass fishing will return. The Challenge wraps up with a closing ceremony and an announcement of winners on October 20.
The Richardson Corporate Challenge is produced by the Richardson Parks & Rec- reation Department. For more information or to track the competition results, call 972-744-4316 or visit
Cor.net/cc.
www.NADallas.com
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