 | | | Mitigation Grants Advisory Committee
The Mitigation Grants Program Advisory Committee consists of an industry representative, a regulatory agency representative, and three Long Beach community representatives appointed by the Mayor's Office. This committee advises Port staff on the development of application materials, reviews project applications and provides award recommendations based on ranking criteria outlined in the program guidelines in each of the three grant programs. The accumulated expertise of regulatory agency members, industry experts and community members provides the framework for informed implementation of the Grant Program. The advisory committee members are:
- Loara Cadavona - Community Hospital Long Beach
- Dr. Philip Fine - South Coast Air Quality Management District
- T.L. Garrett - Pacific Merchant Shipping Association
- Betty Karnette - Former California State Senator
- Peggy Taricco - California Air Resources Board
- Silissa Uriarte Smith - Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development
 Century Villages at Cabrillo in west Long Beach dedicated its new "landscape barrier" on April 27 -- Arbor Day 2012 -- thanking the Port of Long Beach and others for funding for the project that will improve air quality on the Villages campus. Speaking at the event, Harbor Commissioner Nick Sramek said the grant was an example of the Port's continuing efforts to be a better neighbor. Watch a video on the dedication.
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|  St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach has unveiled its new 38-foot custom Mobile Care Clinic, part of the new St. Mary Breathe Easy Mobile Outreach Program being launched thanks to an $834,000 grant from the Port of Long Beach. For more information, click here.
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|  The Port of Long Beach was recognized Thursday, Feb. 24 by the Westside Schools for Clean Air and the Interfaith Community Organization for the Port’s contributions to an Air Quality Management District (AQMD) grant program, which has brought air filtration systems to classrooms at Hudson School in West Long Beach, among other projects.
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 For information on the grant programs, contact us at:
grants@polb.com Or call our hotline at:
1-888-789-GRANT
(1-888-789-4726) The Port Grant Programs are designed to offset air quality impacts in the community from Port operations and to reduce greenhouse gases. See the fact sheet.    | |
