Win $28,000 for a Green Roof

The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is sponsoring a promotional contest in order to accelerate the use of green roofs within the central portion of Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed as a type of innovative low impact development technique.

A total of $28,000 will be awarded to winning applicant(s) towards the green roof construction and consultant costs. Upon the completion of the green roof construction, a public ribbon-cutting event, coordinated by the Alliance in consultation with the winning applicant, will take place to increase public outreach and education concerning green roofs.

Applications for existing and newly constructed buildings located within the following localities will be accepted: Cities of Richmond and Petersburg and Counties of Chesterfield, Goochland, James City, Henrico, New Kent, and Powhatan. Application Deadline is February 14, 2005.

For more information, visit the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay web site.