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COMMUNITY FORESTRY AND LANDSCAPE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR NEBRASKA
Brief summary of tree & landscape grant opportunities
CEP Funds Granted for 2008
TNT Funds Granted for 2007
Design and Plant Selection
for Sustainable Landscapes
Plant Diversity
Design, Plant Selection & Maintenance Recommendations
Design Assistance from Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Consultants
Specifications for Partnership Projects
Tree Planting Detail
NSA Community Landscape Award Winners 1980-2007
In close partnership with the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska
Forest Service, NSA has assisted more than 150 Nebraska communities
with the care and development of public green spaces through the Community
Landscape Program since 1986. To date, this effort has provided a total
of over $4 million in funding assistance to nearly 400 projects. More
than just a granting initiative, however, the program also provides
information and technical assistance to better enable these communities
to use sustainable, environmentally-sound landscape practices in the
planting and care of public landscapes.
Community Enhancement Program
The Nebraska Community Enhancement Program (CEP) is a cooperative effort
of the Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR), Nebraska Forest Service
and Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. This program makes available federal
transportation funds to assist communities and other public entities
in Nebraska with the implementation of landscaping projects on public property that improve
the state's transportation corridors. Typical projects include trail
and street tree plantings, highway corridor improvements, and landscape
enhancements to community signs and entry-ways. For information about the program,
contact Sue Kohles at (402) 472-2212
or email skohles2@unl.edu.
2008 Community Enhancement Program Landscape Grant Projects:
Adams, Daniel Freeman School Native Garden, $5,120
Bassett, Rock County High School Entryway, $5,872
Bellevue, Roadway Island Triangle, $2,500
Bellevue, Two Springs Elementary School Grove, $4,352
Brady, Street Trees, $9,200
Chadron, Middle School Project, $4,285
Chapman, Bader Memorial Park Beautification, $4,352
Cozad, Cozad ROW Plantings, $8,000
Fremont, Ilgenfritz Paking Lot, $5,000
Fullerton, Nance County Veterans Memorial, $10,000
Gering, Five Rocks Road Xeriscape, $10,000
Hallam, Volunteer Fire Department, $15,040
Hickman, Entrance Sign Landscape, $8,500
Kimball, Downtown Streetscape, $11,000
LaVista, Keystone Trail Connector, $15,200
Lawrence, Highway 4 Enhancement, $5,520
Lexington, Dawson County Fairgrounds, $5,000
Lincoln, Downtown Landscape Restoration, $15,000
Lincoln, Regional Center Shrub Garden, $838
Lincoln, Southeast Community College Frontage, $6,000
Lindsay, Welcome Sign & Lake Enhancement, $3,014
McCool Junction, Community Sign Landscaping, $1,586
Nebraska City, North Entrance Welcome Sign, $2,400
Neligh, Public Library, $4,000
Norfolk, Public School Trees and Landscape, $6,240
Ogallala, Housing Authority Street Trees, $1,968
Ogallala, Humphrey Pond, $10,000
Ogallala, Retree Kickoff Street Trees, $17,000
Omaha, Alice Buffet Middle School Community Trail, $12,000
Omaha, Douglas County Health Center, $8,300
Omaha, Meadow Drive Entrance, $2,400
Omaha, Sacred Heart Landscape and ROW Improvement, $14,200
Omaha, Willow Wood Circle, $10,000
Orleans, Street Trees, $9,678
Papillion, 96th Street Project, $7,980
Pleasanton, Welcome Sign & Rosalia Park, $15,000
Scottsbluff, Lacy Park, $14,400
Seward, Plum Creek Trailhead, $5,000
South Sioux City, Riverview Drive, $15,792
St. Paul, Howard County Hospital, $10,000
Sterling, Park Drive, $4,547
Syracuse, Sports Complex, $15,000
Valley, Reichmuth Road, $15,000
Total Allocated $356,284
Trees for Nebraska Towns (TNT) is a cooperative effort of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and the Nebraska Forest Service making nearly $300,000 in grant funds available for tree planting in communities across the state. The principal goals of the program are to improve species diversity in participating communities; to promote the planting of large-growing shade trees or evergreens; and to foster better maintenance of trees for long-term success.
TNT Projects Funded for 2007:
Albion, Boone County Fairgrounds, $10,200 Alliance, Alliance Cemetery, $3,500 Auburn, Nemaha County Fairgrounds, $4,000 Bancroft, B-R School Arboretum, $4,500 Beatrice, Big Blue River Trail - 3rd Phase, $3,000 Bellevue, Fontenelle Forest, $4,800 Crete, Doane College Tree Replacement, $5,500 Crete, Street Trees, $10,000 David City, Butler County Fairgrounds, $4,500 Fremont, Fremont Middle School, $5,000 Friend, Andrew Cemetery, $8,775 Friend, Friend Rec Center & Golf Course, $3,245 Fullerton, Street Trees, $15,000 Geneva, Fillmore County Courthouse, $5,150 Gering, Carpenter Center, $7,500 Hartington, Community Complex & Felber Park, $8,300 Hastings, Central Community College, $4,850 Hastings, City Tree Planting Initiative, $9,600 Hemingford, Box Butte County Fairgrounds, $10,000 Hickman, Prairie View Park, $10,000 Hooper, Park Plantings, $4,770 Kearney, Buffalo County Courthouse Parking, $4,000 Laurel, Norris Addition, $4,200 Lexington, High School, $6,450 Lincoln, LES Substation, $7,500 Lincoln, Street Trees, $10,000 Neligh, Antelope Memorial Hospital, $7,500 Ogallala, Housing Authority, $4,000 Omaha, College of St. Mary, $10,000 Omaha, Gross High School, $1,550 Omaha, Prospect Hill Cemetery, $9,000 Omaha, Southwest Neighborhood Parks, $10,000 Omaha, Washington Elementary School, $1,744 Overton, Ohm Drive Park & North Park, $2,365 Pender, Levee Trail, $15,000 Scottsbluff, Landers Memorial Park & Soccer Complex, $15,000 Scottsbluff, Public Housing Complex, $7,500 Shelton, Veteran's Park, $4,200 South Sioux City, Dible Soccer Complex, $7,420
Total Allocated $269,619
National Funding Sources for Public Landscapes
EPA Environmental
Education Grant Program
Youth Garden Grants
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
P.O. Box 830715
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE 68583-0715
402-472-2971
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