[Durham INC] P.S. former correspondence which mentions Durham's Soil and Water Conservation District

[Melissa Rooney]

In the interest of full disclosure, I felt I should inform that I am an associate director on the board of Durham’s SWCD (volunteer, unpaid, SWCD-board appointed position).
I agreed to be an associate director only after I was fully assured that it would not prohibit/pre-empt me from speaking out, independently, as a concerned Durham and World citizen, which is the manner in which my last email was intended.

Sincerely,
Melissa (Rooney)


> On Jul 19, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I think I need to help stir up the fire now that we have the RFP as kindling.
> 
> MR
> 
> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Melissa Rooney <mmr121570 at yahoo.com <mailto:mmr121570 at yahoo.com>>
>> Subject: When thinking of late Summer landscaping and stormwater control --
>> Date: July 19, 2015 at 1:32:58 PM EDT
>> To: Interneighborhood Council <inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net <mailto:inc-list at lists.deltaforce.net>>
>> 
>> Hi all. I was reviewing some info for a project and, given Durham neighborhoods' (and city/county) stormwater concerns over the last year, I thought I’d pass on the link below to consider with regard to residential landscaping and avoidance of problems with future heavy rains.
>> 
>> The article contains perennial, environmentally sustainable, labor-reducing, aesthetically pleasing and easily affordable solutions for residential homeowners. 
>> 
>> Much of the info/advice comes from Mike Dupree (with Durham's Soil and Water Conservation District), with whom many neighbors (in my neighborhood and throughout Durham) are already working this year:
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>> http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/dn-opinion/article10101839.html <http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/dn-opinion/article10101839.html>
>> 
>> If you’d like Mike (SWCD) to come out and have a look at your property and offer their expert suggestions regarding your stormwater issues, including whether you may qualify for available cost-sharing programs, the contact info is also below.
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>> Michael Dupree
>> Watershed Conservationist
>> Community Conservation Assistance Program Administrator
>> Agriculture Economic Development Coordinator
>> Durham Soil & Water Conservation District
>> 919-560-0557
>> 
>> And if cost-share funds run out before you can apply, then please ask your city council to seriously consider providing cost-share funding to the SWCD, so that they can expand this very successful program (and save you taxpayers 50% of the costs, both ways). 
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>> Council at DurhamNC.Gov <mailto:Council at DurhamNC.Gov>
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>> The SWCD runs out of cost-share funds every year, though there are many Durham residents who continue to request them in order to remedy their own stormwater problems and, collectively, those of Durham at large.
>> 
>> Thanks for caring and sharing!
>> Melissa (Rooney)
>> 
>> www.melissarooneywriting.com <http://www.melissarooneywriting.com/>
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