Gloucester Clean Community was awarded a $750 Green Grant in the Community Beautification category to make improvements at Brown Park, as part of Keep Virginia Beautiful’s Annual Green Grants Program. Skateboard features will be updated with the funds.
Every year, government, nonprofit, civic and service organizations in Virginia are invited to apply for grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 that will help address an environmental concern in their community. Grants must focus on one of the following priorities: Litter Prevention, Recycling, Cigarette Litter Prevention, or Community Beautification.
Gloucester Clean Community strives to help keep Gloucester County clean and green by promoting recycling and proper disposal of solid waste, facilitating group cleanups, and more, a release stated.
The skating elements at Brown Park were installed in 2010 and 2018, and as the years have passed the weather has worn out the plywood and made the skatepark look less attractive. Clean Community will ...