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bjbj I hate to see my city dirty. When you throw trash on the floor plants can die. Projects
like this change communities. Today we are continuing work on the Harlen community garden.
You got to keep the Earth clean and don t throw trash on the street Digging up a garden.
It s like 100 degrees and we re still doing it. The trust fund is very important for this
type of community. It wouldn t be happening otherwise. The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal
bays trust fund commonly referred to as the trust fund is a unique program to Maryland.
That s focused solely on non-point source pollution Non-point source pollution is polluted
runoff. So it s not anything that s coming out of your wastewater treatment plant. s
not anything that s coming out of a pipe in a factory. It s rainwater and anything that
comes with it. So if it rains on a farm and there s extra feralizer it s going to run,
the rain s going take that fertilizer to its local creek. If it s on a parking lot, like
it is here today, it s going to take the dirt, the gas & any other pollutants with it out
into the river. The trust fund has been great for providing funding for the watershed 262
project. WE ve been able to do a lot of asphalt removal at school yards, public housing sites
& other city owned properties and then be able to restore the soil , creating new plantings
whether it s trees or gardens or other green space and engage the community The trust fund
is celebrating its five year anniversary. It was created in November 2007 during a special
session. So every year we ve been able to increase the money in trust fund. This year
with the addition of general obligation bonds, we ve been able to increase the trust fund
to 63 million dollars. Recognizing the importance of the trust fund to local watershed restoration,
Gov. O Malley and the state legislature have not only retained funding in the trust fund
but have also increased funding each year. Gov O Malley: How we behave on the land, what
sort of missions we put into the air all of these affect the quality of our streams, the
quality of rivers, which affect the quality of the Chesapeake Bay. The exciting thing
about this, though, is that as our problems are manmade, so are our solutions. I said
theirs looks awesome. It s important. IT s educational, it s uplifting communities. It
s getting people involved. IT s getting churches, schools, police departments, residents, students,
seniors, everybody is coming to the table. I just think, what a beautiful creation! We
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