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<br />3141 <br />23. If you are proposing to <br />collaborate with other <br />organizations on this <br />project, please briefly <br />describe their relevant <br />experience with the <br />project and the target <br />population. <br />1) The founder of Burt’s Bees Foundation, Matt Kopac, supported USS’s <br />pilot program (entitled BETC) in Durham throughout its existence and <br />on behalf of numerous organizations, including Don’t Waste Durham, <br />Green New Deal for Durham Coalition, Ellerbe Creek Watershed <br />Association, NC Sierra Club (Headwaters Group), New Hope <br />Audubon Society, People’s Alliance Economic Justice Team, Sunrise <br />Durham Hub, The Climate Reality Project (Durham Chapter), and <br />Toxic Free NC (https://indyweek.com/news/durham/cow-buffers-and- <br />a-bit-of-controversy), We credit Matt’s connection with the welcome <br />support we received from the Burt’s Bees Foundation when we <br />requested an invitation to apply for seed funding. Burt’s Bees doubled <br />our funding in the second cycle and has encouraged us to apply for <br />more — to be used to teach and train Triangle teachers, students, <br />and community members and pay them to install sustainable <br />stormwater projects throughout the Triangle. Our EPA funding has <br />been used for projects in line with these installations. The remaining <br />EPA funding, restricted to the Bolin Creek Watershed, will be used in <br />projects scheduled for this Fall and next Spring. We plan to apply for <br />additional EPA funding for installations in other impaired watersheds <br />in Orange County and the Triangle. Noting that EPA funding generally <br />covers only 60% of installation costs, the additional funding OCCCA <br />provides is imperative to match the 40% of funds required to enable <br />100% free installations on historically underserved Orange County <br />properties. <br /> <br />3) As detailed above, the Triangle Community Foundation provides <br />funding to train Triangle teachers and pay for associated stormwater <br />installation costs in the Triangle. The goal of the Triangle Community <br />Foundation is to “generate economically and environmentally resilient <br />communities” (https://trianglecf.org/impact/sustainable-communities/), <br />which has been ongoing since 1983 (https://trianglecf.org/the- <br />foundation/). <br /> <br />4) Jeanette O’Connor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanette-o-connor- <br />8b617251/), manager of Lands and Waters South (a sustainable <br />landscape non-profit company in Carrboro; <br />https://www.landsandwaterssouth.org/#:~:text=Lands%20and%20Water <br />s%20South%20(located,with%20hands%2Don%20conservation%20proj <br />ects), who serves as our landscape contractor and incorporates and <br />oversees BMP plantings by USS teachers and children. <br /> <br />5) Fernando Guzman, the Hispanic owner of Aguilar’s Lawn & <br />Landscape company, is our principal site preparation contractor in <br />Orange and Durham Counties (https://www.yelp.com/biz/aguilars-lawn- <br />and-landscape-durham) <br /> <br />6) Frank Brown, owner of CFB Contracting LLC, Selma, NC <br />(https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-brown-b3801210/), is our site- <br />preparation contractor. He has worked for over ten years in the pilot <br />Durham County program. <br /> <br />7) Demetrius Thompson, owner of Triangle Outdoor Living and <br />Landscaping (https://www.linkedin.com/in/demetrius-thompson- <br />87a3a766/) in Durham, NC, recently hired a public school graduate in <br />Person County who participated in the Durham pilot program in 2021. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 7E7D300B-F83F-4917-A8A3-638B79C7D566