Round 4 of Green Adelaide’s Cooler, Greener, Wilder grants program has seen seven metropolitan councils be identified to receive funding for environmental projects designed to cool, green and wild streetscapes in their council area.
Examples include development of a verge greening demonstration site in West Torrens with the aim of inspiring residents to green their own verges; greening on the Grange Rail Corridor and West Lakes Boulevard, and the City of Burnside undertaking a sustainable redevelopment of Penfold Park.
Presiding Member of Green Adelaide Professor Chris Daniels says the interest in this grant round shows an appetite from metropolitan councils to undertake initiatives to make Adelaide cooler, greener and more biodiverse.
“Green Adelaide has an ambitious vision for a cooler, greener, wilder and more climate resilient metropolitan Adelaide, and our local government partners play a lead role in moving toward this vision,” Professor Daniels said.
Professor Daniels says Round 4 of the Cooler Greener Wilder grants program has seen diverse projects proposed.
“From rewilding to greening verges, we are really excited to see these projects come to fruition.”
Past Cooler, Greener, Wilder grants have contributed to projects including include the Warriparri biodiversity corridor in the City of Holdfast Bay, Renown Park Living Streets initiative within the City of Charles Sturt and cooling and greening Banksia Park sports precinct.
Projects identified for funding this round are:
- City of Burnside – Cooler, Greener, Wilder Penfold Park
- City of Charles Sturt – Grange Green Rail Corridor and West Lakes Boulevard
- City of Charles Sturt – Rewilding Bulahdelah Reserve
- City of Norwood, Payneham, St Peters – Greening Felixstow
- City of Onkaparinga – Clearwater Crescent Reserve
- City of West Torrens – Development of a Verge Greening Demonstration Site
- City of West Torrens – Urban Greening for Cooler Streets and Spaces
For more information about the grants program, visit Cooler Greener Wilder grants.