Town of Collingwood Accepts TD Green Streets Program Grant for Collingwood Downtown Revitalization Project

Collingwood Mayor Sandra Cooper, Denice Camble and Sherri Sim from TD Friends of the Environment Foundation and Ed Borczon from Tree Canada were all in downtown Collingwood to participate in a tree planting ceremony.

The Collingwood Downtown Revitalization Project has received a $15,000 grant from the TD Green Streets Program. The grant will help the Town of Collingwood "green" its historic downtown district. A record 110 applications from all across Canada were submitted to the 2010 TD Green Streets program, and the Town of Collingwood is now one of 20 groups to be selected. Applications to the 2010 TD Green Streets Program were open to Canadian municipalities, First Nations communities and Business Improvement Associations (BIAs) in Vancouver and Toronto. All submissions were reviewed by regional Tree Canada Advisors, Board Members, urban forest practitioners and TD Friends of the Environment Foundation representatives based on innovation , community involvement and technical expertise. To learn more about the TD Green Streets Program, visit www.tdgreenstreets.ca. Since 1990, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has provided more than $54 million in funding to over 19,500 grassroots environment and wildlife projects across Canada. In 2010, TD FEF provided more than $3.5 million in support of 970 projects. For more information about the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, visit www.tdfef.com.

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