WILMINGTON — Heal Our Waterways is piloting a new green infrastructure cost-share program for commercial properties and Homeowners Associations in the Bradley Creek or Hewletts Creek watersheds.
The Wilmington-led initiative, which came about through the adoption of the voluntary Bradley and Hewletts Creeks Watershed Restoration Plan, is offering up to $10,000 in rebates, depending on the project and size, for retrofitting existing infrastructure or incorporating new practices that go beyond the minimum stormwater requirements. Funding is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Those interested can check their address to see if they are eligible at wilmingtonnc.gov/watershedmap. The next step is to submit all application materials, which can be obtained by emailing healourwaterways@wilmingtonnc.gov.
Eligible projects are rain gardens, bioswales, bioretention areas and boxes, and infiltration basins, constructed wetlands, pervious pavement, impervious area removal, capturing stormwater on the roof, and cisterns.
