Bethesda Green Awarded Grant From Keep Maryland Beautiful Program

BETHESDA, MD — Forever Maryland awarded a grant to Bethesda Green and 30 other organization across the state to support environmental education, community cleanup, and beautification projects.

Awarded through the Keep Maryland Beautiful program, the annual grants are funded by the Maryland Environmental Trust, Forever Maryland and the Maryland Department of Transportation. The 2023 grants totaled $92,000.

Bethesda Green, headquartered on Cordell Ave., works to address environmentally challenges locally by creating a sustainable, green community built through citizen engagement, environmental education, and business and government partnerships.

Other grant recipients in Montgomery County were the Amula Foundation (also known as the Rise N Shine Foundation Inc., Charles Koiner Center for Urban Farming Inc. and Montgomery Parks Foundation.

The Keep Maryland Beautiful grant program is the oldest program of the Maryland Environmental Trust, a unit of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.

“Since its inception, the Keep Maryland Beautiful grants program has awarded grants to engaged citizens and land trusts that are developing innovative solutions to local environmental problems,” said Wendy Stringfellow, president of Forever Maryland, which administers the grant program.

The Keep Maryland Beautiful grant recipients included schools, nonprofit groups, municipalities and land trusts in 12 counties and Baltimore City. Many of the grant recipients focus on developing and supporting communities, families, youth and students who take personal responsibility for the health of their communities, protecting nature in their backyards and seeking ways to help reduce or resolve environmental challenges.

“The Keep Maryland Beautiful Program builds a strong partnership between our communities and state, in our shared goals of cleaner water and access to green space for all Marylanders,” said Maryland Department of Natural Resources Secretary Josh Kurtz.