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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 School Nantucket Elementary School Rock View Elementary PTA St. Martin’s-in-the-Field Episcopal School

2012 Margaret Rosch Jones Awards Greater Baltimore Urban League Ann’s Circle Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition Baltimore Orchard Project Greater Waldorf Jaycees Foundation, Inc. World Art’s Focus Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway University of Maryland at College Park The Red Wiggler Community Farm Normal, Inc. Philips Wharf Community Center Friends of Martinak State Park Bill James Grants The Greenmount School, Inc. Sligo Creek Elementary School PTA Perryville High School Silver Spring Day School Environmental Concerns, Inc. Bishop Walsh School Pine Grove Middle School

2011 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Antietam Creek Watershed Association Braddock Run Watershed Association C.A.R.E. Community Association Friends of Patapsco Valley and Heritage Greenway, Inc. Maryland Public Television Marley Middle School National Aquarium St. Mary’s River Watershed Association Bill James Grants Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School Green Club Manchester Valley High School Science Research Maryland Department of Juvenile Services Red Wiggler Community Farm

2010 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Alice Ferguson Foundation Jones Falls Watershed Association Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation Open Doors, Baltimore City Bill James Grants Southwest Baltimore Charter School Assateague Coastal Trust Jewish Environmental Youth St. John the Evangelist School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Volunteer Frederick Montgomery County Public Schools (web guide) Greenbrier Garden Club Harford Land Trust

2009 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Montgomery County Public Schools (web guide) Greenbrier Garden Club Harford Land Trust Bill James Grants Southwest Baltimore Charter School Assateague Coastal Trust Jewish Environmental Youth St. John the Evangelist School Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Volunteer Frederick

2008 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Environmental Concern, Inc. Baltimore Harbor Watershed Association Irvine Nature Center

Bill James Grants Volunteer Frederick Century High School Environmental Committee of the NHS Colchester Farm CSA North Harford High School Butterfly Garden North Harford High School Environmental Class 2

2007 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Boy Scouts of America - Venturing Crew 202 Crellin Elementary School St. Mary’s River Watershed Association Izzak Walton League of America Talbot County Chapter Bill James Grants Alliance for Sustainable Communities Volunteer Frederick Queen Anne School Gwynn Park High School

2006 Margaret Rosch Jones Award George’s Creek Watershed Association Herald Harbor Citizen’s Association St. Mary’s County Forestry Board Talbot County Cooperative Extension Bill James Grants Greenwell Foundation Maryland Forestry Board Foundation

2005 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Salisbury-Westside Revitalization Partnership Wicomico County Western Garrett County State Park Volunteers Garrett County The Surfrider Foundation, Ocean City Chapter Worcester County Bill James Grants Medfield Heights Elementary School Baltimore City Hillsmere Elementary School Anne Arundel County (DECLINED GRANT AWARD) Pemberton Historical Park Wicomico County

2004 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Herald Harbor Citizens’ Association Anne Arundel County Ease Forest Road Revitalization Committee Prince George’s County Alliance for Community Education Anne Arundel County Bill James Grants Towson University Student Chapter NSTA Baltimore County Potomac River Fund Offutt Island Program Montgomery County

2003 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Baltimore-Linwood Community Association Baltimore City Foot Prints Only, Inc. Herrington Manor Bill James Grants State Park Garrett County Friends of Mount Vernon Place Baltimore City Rockville Tree Project /Tree-mendous Maryland Montgomery County Queen Anne's County

2002 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Annapolis Tree Committee Anne Arundel County Let's Beauty Cumberland Committee Allegany County Stevensville Middle School Queen Anne's County Bill James Grants Assateague Coastal Trust Worcester County Alliance for Community Education Anne Arundel County

2001 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Mt. Washington Preservation Trust, Inc. Baltimore County Bill James Grants Stevensville Middle School Queen Anne's County Patuxent High School Calvert County Let's Beautify Cumberland Committee Allegany County CHESPAX Calvert County St. Mary's Elementary School Anne Arundel County

2000 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Sudlersville Middle School Youth Rise Queen Anne's County Fleet Street Park Anne Arundel County Bill James Grants Suitland High School Prince George's County

1999 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Martinak State Park Caroline County Maryland School for the Blind Sensory Garden Baltimore County Bill James Grants Northfield Elementary School Young Gardener's Club Howard County Prince George's County Beautification Committee Prince George's County Rock Hall Middle School Kent County Maryland Partners in Flight Education Committee and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Wash.,D.C.

1998 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Aberdeen High School Harford County Bill James Grants Calvert High School Baltimore City College High School Gunpowder Valley Conservancy Baltimore & Harford Counties Hollywood Elementary School St. Mary's County Mitchell Elementary School Charles County South Frederick Elementary School

1997 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Maryland Partners in Flight Education Committee and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center,Wash., D.C. Evergreen Community Association Baltimore County Bill James Grants Appeal Elementary School Calvert County Beall Elementary School Allegany County Huntingtown Elementary School Calvert County Hollywood Elementary School St. Mary's County Chesapeake Academy Anne Arundel County Plum Point Elementary School Calvert County

1996 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Hill & Stream Federated Garden Club Baltimore County West River Middle School Carroll County Bill James Grants The Potomac Conservancy Montgomery County Meadowvale Elementary School Harford County The Greening Committee of North Point/Edgemere Baltimore County

1995 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Joppatowne High School - Nature Club Baltimore County Bill James Grants Pocomoke River Alliance Worcester County Barnhart Elementary School in cooperation with the Women's Club of Southern Maryland Charles County Matthew Henson Middle School Environment Club Charles County

1994 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Milton S. Eisenhower Library Baltimore City Bill James Grants CHANGE, Inc. Carroll County Pollution & Recycling Control Information Center Baltimore City North Bend Elementary School Harford County Garrett County Homemakers

1993 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Beautiful Baltimore Baltimore City Oakville Elementary School St. Mary's County Soldiers Delight Nature Conservancy, Inc. Baltimore County

1992 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Fair Hill Nature & Environmental Center Cecil County Bill James Grants Howard B. Owens Science Center Prince George's County Accokeek Foundation Prince George's County

1991 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Echo Hill Outdoor School Kent County Bill James Grants Calvert County Wildflower Project Dennett Road Elementary School Garrett County

1990 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Elkton High School Conservation/Ecology Club Cecil County Bill James Grants Calverton School Calvert County Izaak Walton League Girl Scout & Boy Scout Troops Montgomery County

1989 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Coalition to Preserve Oregon Ridge Baltimore County

Bill James Grants Elkton High School Ecology Club Cecil County St. George's Garden Club Baltimore City

1988 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Sassafras River Community Council Kent & Cecil Counties Bill James Grants Perry Hall High School Baltimore County Rachel Carson, Inc. Montgomery County

1987 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Irvine Natural Science Center Baltimore County Bill James Grants Easton High School Ecology Club Talbot County Northwestern Frederick County Civic Association

1986 Margaret Rosch Jones Award Severn River Association Anne Arundel County Bill James Grants Ecology Corps Dorchester County Elms Environmental Center St. Mary's County