One way that the city spends money that comes through the stormwater utility fee is to cover part of the cost of restoring stream banks that erode away in floods and other high water events.
This Friday at 11 am, the city and the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont will hold a two-hour event to commemorate the recent restoration of 840 linear feet of Schenks Branch in the city’s McIntire Park on land leased to the nonprofit group, according to an information release sent out today.
“The stream, now home to over 1,000 native trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, stands as the Garden’s first major completed feature,” said Jill Trischman-Marks, Executive Director of the Botanical Garden of the Piedmont.
The event will offer a guided tour and will feature before and after exhibits.
Funding for the project came from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s Stormwater Local Assistance Fund (SLAF) and was matched with funding from the stormwater utility fee that goes to the capital improvement program.
The Botanical Garden of the Piedmont is located at 950 Melbourne Road in Charlottesville.
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