PRIDE

Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment

Eastern Kentucky PRIDE awarded $1,106,515 through the 2006 PRIDE Community Grant program. The funds will be used primarily to remove illegal dumps and dis- pose of trash collected during community cleanup events, such as the PRIDE Spring Cleanup.

Forty-seven grants were awarded to counties, cities and nonprofit organizations in southern and eastern Kentucky. All grant recipients are listed at the bottom of this page.

“The local officials who applied for these grants should be commended for their leadership,” said Richard Thomas, PRIDE executive director. “Congressman (Hal) Rogers makes sure PRIDE funds are available for environmental stewardship, but it is up to communities to put the funds to work. ”

“Citizens also have a role to play in their local stewardship campaigns,” Thomas continued. “For example, volunteers may be needed to help with these Community Grant projects. Call your local grant recipients to see if volunteers are needed. Second, throughout the year, I encourage citizens to report littering and dumping to their solid waste coordinator. Cleaning up after a few irresponsible people is expensive, and we need to send the message that we no longer will put up with their illegal activities.”

The PRIDE Community Grant program provides up to $50,000 to counties, cities, other public entities and nonprofit organizations for environmental improvement projects in southern and eastern Kentucky. The program encourages community and citizen involvement in projects to promote personal responsibility for the environment. Recipients must match the grant with a contribution worth at least 10 percent of the grant amount.

“PRIDE Community Grants have been used to clean up over 2,000 illegal dumps,” Thomas said. “It was the first PRIDE grant program, and it has made a tremendous impact on our region’s landscape. Since the region-wide cleanup campaign has progressed so well, PRIDE will begin to shift more resources toward environmental education. That’s the key to preventing our past pollution problems from re-occurring.”

Since 1997, PRIDE has invested $24,937,449 in grants to tackle the region’s solid waste problems. So far, local governments and nonprofit organizations have used PRIDE grants to clean up 2,268 illegal dumps across the region.

PRIDE promotes “Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment” in 38 counties by encouraging and providing resources for communities to clean waterways, end illegal trash dumps and promote environmental education. PRIDE was founded in 1997 by Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5) and the late James Bickford, former secretary of the state’s environmental protection agency, and is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

2006 PRIDE Community Grant Recipients

Adair County Fiscal Court - $30,000
City of Columbia (Adair County) - $20,000
Bell County Fiscal Court - $35000
Breathitt County Fiscal Court - $25000
Casey County Fiscal Court - $40,000
Cumberland County Fiscal Court - $35000
Floyd County Fiscal Court - $30,000
City of Prestonsburg (Floyd County) - $10,000
City of Harlan (Harlan County) - $20,000
Tri-Cities Heritage Development Corporation (on behalf of City of Benham, Harlan County) - $7,000
Tri-Cities Heritage Development Corporation (on behalf of City of Cumberland, Harlan County)- $5,000
Tri-Cities Heritage Development Corporation (on behalf of City of Lynch, Harlan County)- $5,000
Jackson County Fiscal Court - $40,000
Johnson County Fiscal Court - $35000
Knott County Fiscal Court - $35,000
Knox County Fiscal Court - $45,000
Laurel County Fiscal Court - $35,000
Lawrence County Fiscal Court - $35,000
City of Blaine (Lawrence County) - $3,000
Lee County Fiscal Court - $30,000
Lee County Conservation District - $20,000
Leslie County Fiscal Court - $25,000
Magoffin County Fiscal Court - $10,000
Martin County Fiscal Court - $25000
McCreary County Fiscal Court - $40,000
Menifee County Fiscal Court - $25000
Metcalfe County Fiscal Court - $10,000
Monroe County Fiscal Court - $10,000
Morgan County Fiscal Court - $25,000
Owsley County Fiscal Court - $37,000
Owsley County Conservation District - $30,000
Perry County Fiscal Court - $40,000
Pike County Fiscal Court - $40,000
Appalachian Rural Cultural Heritage Education Initiative (Pike County) - $5,000
Pulaski County Solid Waste Board - $35,000
American Cave Conservation Associates, Inc. (Pulaski County project)- $4,515
Rockcastle County Fiscal Court - $40,000
City of Mt. Vernon - $15,000
Russell County Fiscal Court - $16,000
City of Campbellsville (Taylor County)- $29,000
Wayne County Fiscal Court - $25,000
Whitley County Fiscal Court - $25,000
Whitley County School District - $5,000
City of Williamsburg - $10,000
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park (Kentucky Department of Parks)- $10,000
Wolfe County Fiscal Court - $25,000
Friends of Lake Cumberland (multiple counties) - $5,000

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Posted: 05 Sep 2006

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