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Protecting Land Forever Keep Maryland Beautiful Award Recipients Fiscal Year 2019 Bill James Environmental Grants Historic Sotterley, Inc Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club Mountain Laurel Garden Club North County High School Pocomoke Middle School Clean Up & Green Up Maryland Grants African American Firefighters Historical Society Alice Ferguson Foundation Allegany County Commissioners & the Allegany County Solid Waste Management Board Annapolis Arts District Annapolis Green, Inc. Antietam-Conococheague Watershed Alliance Back River Restoration Committee, Inc. Banner Neighborhoods Bel Air Downtown Alliance Bethesda Green Beyond the Classroom, Inc. Brunswick Main Street, Inc. BUILD - Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Org C.A.R.E Community Association, Inc Centreville Main Street Town of Centreville City of Greenbelt Department of Public Works Downtown Frederick Partnership Downtown Sykesville Connection at the Community Foundation of Carroll County Druid Heights Community Development Corporation Dundalk Renaissance Corporation Elkton Alliance, Inc. Fusion Partnerships, Inc. (Whitelock Community Farm) Galena Tree and Park Committee Havre de Grace Citizens Against Trash Historic Frostburg - a Maryland Main Street Community Howard County Conservancy I'm Still Standing By Grace Intersection of Change, Inc. Let's Beautify Cumberland! Main Street Historic Chestertown Main Street Middletown, MD Inc Main Street Princess Anne Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments Milton Montford Montgomery Parks Foundation Park Heights Renaissance Pigtown Main Street, Inc. Sandtown South Neighborhood Alliance Southeast Community Development Corporation Strong City Baltimore Takoma/Langley Crossroads Development Authority, Inc. The 6th Branch The Town of Colmar Manor Town of Emmitsburg Town of Manchester Town of Oakland Town of Thurmont & Main Street Westport Community Economic Development Corporation Margaret Rosch Jones Awards All Saints Episcopal Church Cool Green Schools Maryland Coastal Bays Program Sky Valley Association, Inc. The Town of Williamsport Town of Perryville University of Maryland, Baltimore County Janice Hollmann Grants American Chestnut Land Trust, Inc. Baltimore Green Space: A Land Trust for Community-Managed Open Space, Inc. Cecil Land Trust, Inc. Conservancy for Charles County, Inc. Harford Land Trust, Inc. NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, Inc. Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust, Inc. Scenic Rivers Land Trust, Inc. The Lower Shore Land Trust, Inc. Land Preservation Trust, Inc. Aileen Hughes Award Ann Jones: Land Preservation Trust, Inc. Fiscal Year 2018 Bill James Environmental Grants Archbishop Borders School – Elementary and Middle School Dynard Elementary School Edgemere Elementary School Kennard Elementary School North County High School Clean Up & Green Up Maryland Grants Alice Ferguson Foundation Annapolis Maritime Museum Baltimore Tree Trust Bel Air Downtown Alliance Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc. Calvert Nature Society Carrollton Ridge Community Association, Inc. Central Kenilworth Avenue Revitalization Community Development Corporation, Inc. Chesapeake Center for Youth Develop City of Salisbury Downtown Frederick Partnership Druid Heights Community Development Center Dundalk Renaissance Corporation Federal Hill Main Street Friends of Reservoir Hill/Bolton Park Neighbors Friends of Wyman Park Dell Greater Remington Improvement Association Hamilton-Lauraville Main St, Inc. Highlandtown Community Association, Inc. Hyattsville Community Development Corporation Intersection of Change, Inc. KEYS Empowers Let’s Beautify Cumberland Main Street Taneytown Meraki Community Uplift Montgomery Parks Foundation Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore Old Takoma Business Association/Main Street Takoma Our Creeks & Conservancy Patapsco Heritage Greenway Pigtown Main Street, Inc. Ridgley’s Delight Association SAFE Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc. South River Federation Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. Safe for Somerset/Sumerset County Strong City Baltimore Sykesville Main Street Association/Downtown Sykesville Connection The 6th Branch The Hope Movement The Society for the Preservation of Federal Hill and Fell’s Point Thurmont Main Street Town of Charleston Town of Federalsburg Town of Mount Airy Town of Oakland Town of Rock Hall Union Square Association United Community Network Unity Properties Upper Fell’s Point Improvement Association Valleys Planning Council Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Healthy Harbor Initiative Waverly Main Street, Inc. WBC Community Development Corporation Westfield Neighborhood Improvement Whitelock Community Farm Your Baltimore Margaret Rosch Jones Awards Assateague Coastal Trust Friends of Sligo Creek Friends of Tuckahoe & Martinak State Parks Historic Sotterley, Inc. Howard County Conservancy ShoreRivers Janice Hollmmann Grants American Chestnut Land Trust Baltimore Green Space: A Land Trust for Community-Managed Open Space, Inc. Cecil Land Trust, Incorporated Charm City Land Trusts, Inc. Conservancy for Charles County Eastern Shore Land Conservancy Harford Land Trust, Inc. Lower Shore Land Trust NeighborSpace of Baltimore County, Inc. Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust, Inc. Scenic Rivers Land Trust The Land Preservation Trust Urban Ecosystem Restorations, Inc. Hughes Award Hal Delaplane: President, Conservancy for Charles County Fiscal Year 2017 Bill James Environmental Grants Calvert County Public Schools ClearShark H2O KidsSTREAM, Inc North County High School Reginald F. Lewis High School, Rm. 317 Clean Up & Green Up Maryland Alice Ferguson Foundation Annapolis Maritime Museum Art League of Ocean City Blue Water Baltimore Brunswick Main Street C.A.R.E. Community Association C.A.T. Club (Citizens Against Trash) Cambridge Main Street Citizens of Pigtown City of Cumberland's Neighborhood Advisory Commission City of Greenbelt’s Department of Public Works City of Hagerstown City of Tanytown Downtown Frederick Partnership Druid Heights Community Development Corporation Elkton Alliance, Inc. Ellicott City Partnership Friends of Patterson Park Greater Patapsco Community Association, Inc. Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Hollins Roundhouse INC., a community association Kent Island Beach Cleanups Main Street Historic Chestertown Main Street Middletown Montgomery Parks Foundation NeighborSpace Old Takoma Business Association Parks & People Foundation Patapsco Heritage Greenway Pigtown Main Street Rebuilding Together Baltimore - Govans Southwest Partnership Sykesville Main Street Assoc. Town of Hancock Town of Oakland Town of Williamsport UMD Harford Ex - Family & Cons Science. Master Gardener Whitelock Community Farm York Road Partnership Margaret Rosch Jones Grant Harford Glen Environmental Education Center It’s About The Kids Education Organization Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Phillips Wharf Environmental Center Sky Valley Association, Inc. 2016 Margaret Rosch Jones Awards AA County Master Gardeners Beekeeping Project The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture Inc. Lake Roland Nature Council Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy Pigtown Main Street St. Luke's Episcopal Church Youghiogheny River Watershed Association Bill James Grants Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary School (St. Mary's County Public Schools) Maryland Historical Society Mountain Laurel Garden Club Queen Anne's County High School (AP Science Class) Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Watson Hall Montessori School 2015 Margaret Rosch Jones Awards Chesapeake Beach Oyster Cultivation Society Girl Scout Troop 110 It's All About The Kids Education Organization, Inc. Land & Cultural Preservation Fund, Inc Robert E. Lee Park Nature Council Youghiogheny River Watershed Association Bill James Grants Annapolis High School Environmental Club Christ Church Kent Island Friends of Tuckahoe & Martinak State Parks George Washington Carver Elem. School Mattaponi Elem. NASA Goddard Child Development Center North County High School Greenhouse Club Southwest Balt. Charter School SustainaFest UMCP Gemstone Team CATTAILS 2014 Margaret Rosch Jones Awards Western Maryland Resource Conservation & Development Council Friends of Tuckahoe & Martinak State Parks Blue Water Baltimore The Youghiogheny River Watershed Association The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Seton Heritage Ministries Severn Riverkeeper Program & Pines Community Improvement Association St. Mary’s River Watershed Association MA & PA Heritage Trail, Inc. Reservoir Hill Improvement Council Bill James Grants Colonel Richardson High School Environmental Club South River Foundation Newborn Holistic Ministries Jubilee Arts Program Ward Museum of Wild Fowl Art Berlin Intermediate School South River Federation G.W. Carver Elementary School Kennard Elementary School The Thomas Jefferson Elementary Middle School and Civility Music Roland Park Country School National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future/Lakeland Elem. School 2013 Margaret Rosch Jones Awards The Calvert Marine Museum Society, Inc. Natural History Society of Maryland Northern Garrett High School It’s About the Kids Educational Organization Anne Arundel Watershed Stewards Academy Bill James Grants Porter Fieldhouse Foundation South River Federation Grasonville Elementary School Gaywood Elementary School GreenMount School Inc. Living Classrooms Foundation Mary E. Moss Academy Matapeake Elementary School Mountain Laurel Garden Club St. Anne’s School of Annapolis Battle Creek Nature Education Society Carter G. Woodson Elementary School Kindergarten Hereford High
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