| Lenoir County
- State funding for conservation projects in Lenoir County (aka "Green Book" data)
- Example of a conservation project in Lenoir County: Kinston’s “Retrofitting Green” Park
In 1996 and 1999, Hurricanes Fran and Floyd devastated several neighborhoods in Kinston when the Neuse River swelled out of its banks and flooded hundreds of homes and businesses. To ensure that such destruction never happens again, the City decided to “retrofit” 900 acres on the Neuse from vulnerable homes into a green park of forests, fields, trails, a children’s garden, an arboretum, and ball fields to meet the diverse needs of the community while protecting water and air quality, flood storage, and habitat for wildlife. Much of the funding to buy damaged homes came from FEMA, but a patchwork of vacant lots remained in private hands and made it impossible to develop the park. A Clean Water Management Trust Fund grant for $1.18 million is being used to buy about 180 acres of those remaining vacant lots so the “Retrofitting Green” Park can become a reality. | |
