ALBANY – Community Impact Grants that will support green jobs training, air quality and street trash elimination projects are going to 24 community organizations across the state. Two are in the Hudson Valley.
Poughkeepsie Gardens: $50,000, Poughkeepsie Farm Project
Training the Next Generation of Growers: $44,288, YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County
Projects eligible to receive these grants include, but are not limited to: inventories of polluting facilities in the community; air monitoring; green rooftops; urban tree planting; community gardens; alternative energy projects; and lead and mercury removal projects.
