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This page presents details about each of the projects that have been approved for funding under the Community Environmental Project Fund (CEPF) for calendar year 2027.
The Delaware City Adventure Loop will provide a safe, dedicated and accessible space for youth and residents to ride bikes and scooters, exercise and enjoy outdoor recreation away from vehicle traffic and pedestrian sidewalks.
The project will fill a significant recreational gap for local youth while encouraging physical activity, outdoor engagement and positive use of public space.
Native and beneficial plantings and environmental education opportunities will further enhance the site and promote environmental stewardship.
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The Southbridge Green Resilience Hub will convert six blighted parcels at 1202-1208 and 1220-1222 Peach Street into a clean, green, community-managed environmental asset.
The goals of the project are to:
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The project will expand the library’s community garden from eight to twelve raised beds and install a buried, frost-protected potable-water line serving both the garden and an accessible outdoor drinking fountain and bottle-refill station.
New bicycle racks will be installed adjacent to the Michael N. Castle Trail. Birdwatching backpacks will be available to support environmental education.
Together, the improvements will expand local food-growing opportunities, improve outdoor recreation access, encourage reusable-bottle use and strengthen the library as a community environmental and trail resource.
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Delaware’s First Resilience Hub proposes a 12-month statewide PFAS Community Education Program designed to increase environmental awareness and help Delaware residents reduce potential exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
The project will provide community workshops, cooking demonstrations, outreach events and household environmental education. Residents will receive practical information and resources concerning PFAS in drinking water, cookware, food preparation and storage, household products and indoor environments.
Participations will be able to identify potential PFAS sources, understand environmental and health concerns, make informed consumer decisions, learn about appropriate water-filtration options and adopt practical exposure-reduction strategies.
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The End Community Violence Now project will strengthen resident-led safety and placemaking efforts in Dover using social determinants of health indicators to create safe communal space.
The project will apply Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design to enhance natural surveillance using lighting, landscaping and design upgrades to improve visibility and safety, reduce blight and expand access to green space.
This initiative aligns with Restoring Central Dover Phase II and the Capital City 2030 Master Plan, and builds on End Community Violence Now’s parallel work in Laurel, where similar strategies contributed to declining violent crime.
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The Growing Kent Project will improve environmental quality in underserved Kent County communities while engaging youth aged 10 to 16 in hands-on environmental education and stewardship.
Activities will include on-site assessments, soil sampling (where applicable), youth workshops, community cleanups, pollinator and sensory garden installation and green-space improvements.
The project will create cleaner, healthier and more welcoming community spaces while building youth skills, leadership and environmental awareness.
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The Riverwalk Green Connections & Resilience Project will engage South Milford residents in co-designing public green infrastructure along the Mispillion Riverwalk near Riverwalk Villas.
CEPF funding complements related Riverwalk investments and will fund native and pollinator plantings, small rain gardens, interpretive signage, environmental workshops, volunteer stewardship and practical maintenance planning during 2027.
The project will reduce polluted runoff, improve habitat, expand welcoming green space and build neighborhood capacity to care for visible public improvements.
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The Beautiful Places Safe Spaces Initiative will transform 322 S. Heald Street, an SBCDC-owned park, into an attractive, welcoming community recreational space. Funding will support park cleanup, landscaping, hardscaping, fencing and community signage to improve the site’s appearance, safety, accessibility and usability.
This initiative will allow SBCDC to create a revitalized space where residents can gather, recreate and connect while advancing the goals of the Southbridge Neighborhood Action Plan (SNAP).
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Sussex Air Watch will install Clarity air monitors in Georgetown, Selbyville and Millsboro, where there have been complaints from residents regarding air quality issues.
Up to six community meetings, two in each area, will document resident concerns, remove participation barriers, identify trusted site hosts and allow residents to co-select final monitor locations.
The monitors will provide continuous, neighborhood-scale, PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide data, supported by quality assurance, accessible updates and practical exposure-reduction information.
The project will fill local data gaps, strengthen community capacity and create a durable evidence base for pollution-mitigation priorities and future action.
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GREEN21: 17th Street Community Green & Wellness Space will engage residents and youth in transforming a city-owned vacant lot at 801 E. 17th Street in Wilmington into a cleaner, greener, community-informed outdoor space.
Led by Teach21 Enrichment Inc., the project will combine environmental education and resident engagement at the nearby Community Connect Hub with hands-on cleanup, greening, native plantings, beautification, seating, waste-management features and accessible recreational elements such as an outdoor pull-up/fitness station.
The project will reduce neighborhood environmental burdens, expand access to usable green space, promote healthy outdoor activity and empower residents to participate in the long-term stewardship of their neighborhood.
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This project will build community sensory pollinator gardens, with educational signage, in four community parks. The community sensory pollinator gardens will provide inclusive outdoor areas featuring accessible seating, game tables, solar lighting, environmental resources and landscaping.
These gardens will provide space for learning in quiet, sensory-friendly and accessible areas in local community parks.
In addition to the gardens, West End Neighborhood House will continue to provide services such as deep clean-ups, soil sampling and equipment erection and restoration.
The Environmental Technician Program provides meaningful work-based learning experiences in the construction industry.
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Wilmington Alliance will engage West Center City residents, youth, local businesses, organizations and community groups in transforming 7th & West Park and its adjacent community garden into a safe, welcoming and environmentally healthy community learning space.
Through resident-led cleanups, native and pollinator plantings, garden restoration, vegetation management, environmental education, public art and ongoing stewardship, the project will reduce environmental blight, increase positive park use, strengthen community ownership and improve residents’ sense of safety and connection to this important neighborhood green space.
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