Environmental Protection Agency removes Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program and costs over a half a million dollars for Beaver County organizations and related initiatives

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The Environmental Protection Agency has gotten rid of the Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program. An email was sent last Tuesday by the CEO and president of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative to applicants and grantees that noted operations that occur daily needed to stop. Over $500,000 for initiatives for economic vitality and local public health that was either on or not on contract will affect Beaver County organizations including RiverWise, the Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community and Three Rivers Waterkeeper.