Community Outreach Programs

The Environmental Services Group (ESG) offers an entire suite of environmental outreach and educational programs to citizens and community groups interested in helping preserve the County's environment. From stream cleanups to storm drain stenciling, from community cleanups to tree plantings, we do it all!

Volunteer Storm Drain Stenciling

(301) 883-5829 or (301) 883-5822

Get involved! A storm drain stenciling project is a great way to spread the word throughout your community to take action to prevent water pollution. You and your neighbors can help prevent water pollution by stenciling the storm drains in your neighborhood with "Don't Dump-Chesapeake Bay Drainage." Stenciling serves as a visual reminder to your neighbors that anything dumped in the storm drain contaminates the Bay.

The County will help you design a storm drain stenciling project that can be accomplished with any size team or age group. You supply the volunteers and the County will supply the rest. To begin planning your project, call the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) at (301) 883-5829 or by writing to ESG at:

9400 Peppercorn Place
Suite 610
Largo, Maryland 20774

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Volunteer Neighborhood Cleanup Program

(301) 883-5822

The Volunteer Neighborhood Cleanup Program is a community-sponsored volunteer program that enables the Department to partner with civic and homeowner associations, local businesses and non-profit organizations, and is geared toward small and medium-sized communities. Projects under this program include neighborhood cleanups and stream cleanups. ESG provides each interested community with technical assistance and materials such as trash bags and gloves.

Communities interested in participating in the Volunteer Neighborhood Cleanup can call (301) 883-5822.

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COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY CLEANUP PROGRAM
FALL 2010 SCHEDULE

(301) 883-7164 and (301) 883-5822

The Department of Environmental Resources’ (DER) Comprehensive Community Cleanup program is designed to revitalize, enhance and help maintain unincorporated areas of the County. During the spring and fall seasons, DER works with organized civic and homeowners associations to provide a concentrated focus of County cleanup and maintenance services to a community over a two-week period.

If your community is scheduled for a cleanup, you will receive a flyer from your civic or homeowner association or there will be information in your local newsletter. The Comprehensive Community Cleanup Program schedule for Fall is as follows:

* = holiday schedule
The services that will be performed by DER and the Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T) during your two-week scheduled cleanup are as follows:

More details about this program can be found at the following link: Fact Sheet

For more information on the Comprehensive Community Cleanup, contact your civic or homeowners association or call ESG at (301) 883-7164.

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ReLeaf Grant Program

(301) 883-5819 or (301) 883-5822

Prince George’s County has a program to help communities “turn green” with trees. The ReLeaf Grant program provides landscape funding to community organizations for planting projects in public spaces. All community groups are encouraged to apply. Projects that have received funding in the past include tree plantings within parks and playgrounds, memorial plantings, tree plantings along streets and reforestation projects along streams. The County encourages planting low-maintenance, native-tree species that thrive in Maryland’s climate and are resistant to the effects of drought.

Two options are available for funding. Communities that wish to organize and implement projects using volunteer labor are eligible to receive reimbursement for 100 percent of their expenses. Groups that choose to hire a contractor for tree planting can receive reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the contract cost. Grant funding is available on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be used only for costs associated with tree and shrub planting. Small community-based projects are eligible to receive up to $2,500 per project and municipalities are eligible for up to $5,000 per project.

Community groups interested in the ReLeaf Grant Program should submit a formal letter requesting funding along with a ReLeaf Grant Agreement. Applications should be submitted at least six months prior to the proposed planting date and special consideration is given to cost-effective proposals. To request a ReLeaf Grant Agreement or to receive assistance in improving your proposal or designing your project, please call ESG at (301) 883-5819.

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