The City of Indianapolis is working on rebuilding their recycling program. The city was awarded over $42,000 in grant money to work on creating recycling programs at major sports facilities, such as Lucas Oil Stadium and Conseco Fieldhouse. These programs are hoped in increase participation in recycling and promote the city to "go green." Many public agenda issues are currently supporting going green, such as the energy crisis.
This is related to class material because of grant funding. Grants are needed to support many programs, such as education. Our class has discussed different types of grants and how they can lower costs of programs. This is also related to class because the energy crisis is in the public agenda, and recycling addresses the energy crisis.
-Elizabeth Woollen
http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-indianapolis-receives-epa-grant-102210,0,5671902.story
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Elizabeth,
ReplyDeleteBefore class last week, I wasn't aware that there are two different types of grants: categorical and block. Living 20 minutes away from Indianapolis, I know that there are many areas where 'going green' would be a great idea, but will also be difficult to transform. I would guess that this type of grant is a categorical grant because it is focused at sporting facilities. It could also, however, be a block grant considering it is after all for a national purpose and the ways of going about it are quite broad. The amount of garbage disposed of at these places is enormous, and if these programs are successful, the outcome will be worth the money spent on the program.
Elise Leppert