Welcome to The Environmental Finance Center, University of Maryland.EFC Joins the National Center for Smart Growth Effective February 1, 2007, the Environmental Finance Center (EFC) became an independent operating unit located within the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education (NCSG) at the University of Maryland (news release). This merger will allow the two centers to work collaboratively on issues such as land use planning, natural resource preservation and urban growth issues. NCSG was created in 2000 as an affiliate of four schools and colleges at the University of Maryland: the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, the School of Public Affairs, the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Our Mission The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) at the University of Maryland is one of nine University-based centers across the country providing communities with the tools and information necessary to manage change for a healthy environment and an enhanced quality of life. EFC believes that environmental finance can be used to develop a shared community vision. Our focus is protecting natural resources and watersheds by strengthening the capacity of local decision-makers to analyze environmental problems, develop innovative and effective methods of financing environmental efforts and educate communities about the role of finance and economic development in the protection of the environment. Our Approach EFC promotes a comprehensive concept of environmental financing where state and federal funding programs are combined with innovative financing techniques to create a sustainable watershed protection financing strategy. EFC uses a number of tools to help communities identify the financing strategies that best fit their needs including:
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Final report available for Occoquan District Community Visioning project (May 2009).
Notes available from sixth Eastern Shore Agriculture Collaborative meeting (April 30, 2009)
EFC final land use study recommendations to Chesapeake Bay Funders Network available on Publications page (March 2009).
Governor of Delaware launches EFC websites: Delaware Agriculture Exchange and Delaware Farm Market (February 2009).
Environmental Finance Certificate available from the University of Maryland.
South River Greenway Conference and Landowner Reception a success!
EFC joins the Watershed Assistance Collaborative.
Results of the Poultry Litter Experts Science Forum. Click HERE for final report.
EFC launches the Maryland Online Farmers Market (July) and the Maryland Agricultural Exchange (April)
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Environmental Finance Center 1104 Preinkert Field House, College Park, MD 20742 phone: (301) 405-5036 | fax: (301) 314-5639 | email: efc@umd.edu |