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Bank of America Charitable Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Piedmont Park Conservancy for preservation and enhancement projects. In the midst of a global pandemic, the Conservancy has continued its commitment to manage over 90 percent of the daily maintenance of Piedmont Park so that Atlantans can escape their homes and engage in physical activity during a stressful year. “Piedmont Park Conservancy’s work facilitates the long-term sustainability of Atlanta’s most iconic park,” said Wendy Stewart, Atlanta market president for Bank of America. “Partnering with the Conservancy aligns with our commitment to the local community’s economic and environmental health and will ensure the park can be enjoyed for generations to come.” return, helped cultivate additional space to grow lettuce, leafy greens, onions, beets and other produce. The grant program honors of Arnold’s new, organic recipes which combine environmentally friendly ingredients and baking processes.

Invest Atlanta recently awarded two new Brownfield Loan Fund (BRLF) grants – one to The Conservation Fund for its Paul Avenue Project and another to Trees Atlanta for its Warner Avenue Project. Clean-up of the Paul Avenue project will convert the contaminated site into a new park for the Riverside neighborhood, while also creating key trail connections for both the Whetstone Creek Trail and the future Chattahoochee River Trail. The Warner Avenue project will include Trees Atlanta Urban Ecology Center with indoor and outdoor programming. It will also include a 21,000 SF facility for office spaces, community education spaces, as well as storage and workspace for tree planting implementation.

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▲ With more than 16 years of experience in commercial construction, real estate development, project management and LEED consulting, Charlie Cichetti has been named a 2020 LEED Fellow by Green Business Certification Inc. Cichetti, the CEO of Sustainable Investment Group & Green Building Education Services, is among 25 professionals who represent exceptional practitioners and leaders within the green building community and have demonstrated mastery of the technical application of LEED, the world’s most widely used green building rating system.

Arnold Bread has partnered with SeedMoney – a Maine-based nonprofit that provides grants, crowdfunding opportunities and training to food garden projects across the country and around the world – to provide a $5,000 grant to Collegetown Farm, Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture in Atlanta . After being hand selected for this grant, Collegetown Farm used the grant funds to support food production and farm operations which in