The FairWays Foundation completes inaugural grant cycle

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The FairWays Foundation finished its inaugural grant cycle this year and chose seven projects from around the world, resulting in a total grant amount of $106,703.

Despite challenging times, grant application numbers were more than satisfactory, and there was an incredible cross-section of project types to consider, according to the foundation.

Grant recipients include:

• Button Hole, Providence, R.I.: Invasive Species Management in Native and Wetland Areas. Button Hole has sought funding to purchase materials needed to properly manage Japanese knotwood at its facility and allow the native vegetation to reestablish accordingly.
• Hartford Golf course, Manchester, England: Grassland Restoration. This project aims to regenerate areas of grassland from arable, productive land to seminatural grassland.
• Scottish Wildlife Trust, Irvine, United Kingdom: Irvine to Girvan Nectar Network. This project aims to establish a wide network of flower-rich habitats along a stretch of the Ayrshire coastline where a diverse range of pollinating insects can spread and thrive. Golf courses are prevalent in this area and keen to participate in the initiative.
• Mohonk, New Paltz, N.Y.: City Kids on the Ridge. Monhonk Preserve’s City Kids on the Ridge program hosts 105 underserved middle students to learn about environmental conservation using science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics project-based learning and community service.
• Hill Crest, Lower Burrell, Pa.: Fairway Stream Improvement. A tributary of Chartiers Creek that runs through Hill Crest’s No. 6 hole was piped underground in the 1950s. The goal of this project is to restore the stream to its original state and improve the tributary.
• Curry NPO, Golf Beach, Ore.: Jack Creek Riparian Enhancement. This project will enhance 20.54 acres/1.77 miles of Jack Creek Riparian Reserve on Salmon Run Golf Course with student participation.
• Cog Hill, Lemont, Ill.: Wash Pad Bioswale. A wash pad bioswale is Cog Hill’s solution to creating an environmentally responsible method of treating heavily polluted wastewater sourcing from its wash pad.