Organizational History and Profile
Organizational History
2001 Group of six interested volunteers form Friends of
Euclid Creek (FOEC) as response to development of Legacy Village and impact on
natural resources in the watershed.
2001 City of Highland Heights is awarded $300,000 Clean Ohio
grant to protect 12 acres for Dusty Goldenrod wetland meadow with endangered
plants.
2002 FOEC members hold ‘A Day in the Park,’ festival and
sign up 40 members and volunteers.
2003 FOEC receives non-profit status under state
incorporation and Federal Internal Revenue Service.
2003-4 FOEC members participate in community events,
educating public on watersheds and watershed issue; i.e., Greenwood Farm,
Beachwood Green Dream, Lyndhurst Home Days, South Euclid Home Days.
2005 FOEC, partners of Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation
District (SWCD) and John Carroll
University ,to begin regular water quality monitoring of key sites in the
watershed.
2005 Highland Heights turns down the Clean Ohio grant from
Ohio Public Works Commission. FOEC adopts
the grant and, with Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, negotiates
with property owner, Mayfield City Schools, assumes grant requirements and
preserves the land.
2005 Completes Euclid Creek Watershed Action Plan.
2005 FOEC receives Ohio EPA Environmental Education Fund
grant for organizational brochures and roadway signage, raising awareness about
Euclid Creek watershed.
2005 FOEC members tour Baldwin Filtration Plant, learning
the issues, cost and technology of drinking water protection.
2006 FOEC evaluates benefits and challenges of rain gardens
in Euclid Creek; installs four demonstration gardens with educational signage
in watershed communities. Grants are
from Ohio Lake Erie Commission and Lake Erie Protection Fund.
2007 FOEC members tour Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer
District’s Easterly Treatment Plant, learning management issues of sewage
discharge and control in Lake Erie.
2008 FOEC receives service award as ‘Watershed of the Year’
from Ohio Lake Erie Commission.
2009 FOEC receives $1.4 million Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative award for restoration and redesign of Wildwood Park estuary.
2009 FOEC accepts donation of Marcella Road 1 acre parcel
along the Creek in Cleveland. Cleans and
plants trees on the property.
2010 FOEC establishes $500 college scholarship for high
school seniors living in the watershed.
2010 FOEC, with Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation
District complete and celebrate removal of a low-head dam on the East Branch of
Euclid Creek.
2011 FOEC members hold driving tour of upper Cuyahoga River
Watershed.
2012 FOEC receives $162,000 Clean Ohio Fund award for
preservation of Redstone Run 8- acre riparian area in Richmond Heights.
2013 FOEC completes strategic
plan for short- and long term organizational plan.
2013 FOEC and CSWCD contractors
complete Wildwood lacustrine wetland construction of wetlands.
2013 FOEC members participate
with Cuyahoga RAP in ‘releaf’ planting on Euclid Creek estuary in Richmond
Heights.
2013 FOEC begins fund drive,
Land Conservation Fund, to raise $20,000
for closing costs on Richmond Heights property.
Organizational
Profile
The Friends of Euclid Creek is
comprised of 125 citizens from nine cities in the Euclid Creek Watershed. A
13-member Board directs FOEC’s activities.
A watershed coordinator,
retained by Cuyahoga County Soil & Water District (CSWCD) manages the water
conservation and education work of FOEC.
FOEC members, in partnership
with Cuyahoga SWCD, volunteer at numerous rain barrel workshops.
FOEC members conduct and aid in
beach and stream cleanups, invasive plant removals, and water quality
monitoring every year.
FOEC provides monthly
educational meetings and/or field trips for member and friends. All meetings are open and free for the
public.
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