|
Indicator |
Money
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Time
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Personnel |
Technical Knowledge |
Case Study |
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ENVIRONMENTAL |
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Water quality above and
below the restoration project |
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Guest
River |
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Sediment concentration in the
water |
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Guest
River |
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Bacteria concentration in the
water |
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Guest
River |
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Number of septic tanks
pumped out by group |
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Guest
River |
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Number of septic tanks
repaired or replaced by
group |
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Guest
River |
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Acres of abandoned mine land
reclaimed by group |
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Guest
River |
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Miles of streambanks restored by
group |
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Guest
River |
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Number of trees planted by
group |
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Guest
River |
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Number of large appliances (and
other trash) collected for proper disposal by
group |
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Guest
River |
|
Volume of household hazardous waste
collected by group |
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|
Guest River |
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Amount of chemicals released in
the waterway(e.g. fertilizers or
oil) |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Amount of chemicals release in
the air (e.g. NOx or SO2) |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of bags of residential
trash collected along the waterway |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of illegal dumps along a
waterway |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of chemical burns reported
in community |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of sites cleaned up by group
(e.g. dump
sites) |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of complaints about air
quality |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Air quality as measured by the
Air Pollution Control Bureau |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Water chemistry |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of acres of underwater
grasses planted by group |
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|
Potomac |
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Number of fish present in the
waterway |
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|
Potomac |
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Health of fish present in the
waterway |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of bags of trash collected
from the river by group |
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|
Potomac |
|
ECONOMIC |
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Number of trail users
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|
St. Paul |
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Amount of commercial office space
downtown |
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St.
Paul |
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Diversity of businesses
downtown |
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St.
Paul |
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Number of vendors at a community
fair or market |
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|
St.
Paul |
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Revenue collected from vendors at a
community fair or market |
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|
St.
Paul |
|
Number of customers at a
community fair or market |
|
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|
St.
Paul |
|
Total sales tax of downtown
stores |
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|
St.
Paul |
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Number of job training
scholarships |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of residents employed on
official clean-up crews |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of community-industry
partnerships |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of government- funded
projects in the area |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of neighborhood renewal
projects |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
SOCIAL |
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Number of program
participants |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of people calling the Air
Pollution Control Bureau hotline |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of respiratory disorders
reported in the community |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of newspaper articles on
pollution in the area |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of environmental library
users |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of posted signs banning
people from going in or near the water because of the
pollution |
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of community members
enrolled in training |
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|
Chattanooga |
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Number of apprentices hired every
year |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of former apprentices
graduated from high school or GED |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of former apprentices
employed |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of kids returning to
participate in educational programs |
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|
Potomac |
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Number of students receiving
scholarships for college |
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St.
Paul |
|
Size of environmental education
classes |
|
|
|
|
St.
Paul |
|
Number of students who participated
in program attending college |
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|
St.
Paul |
|
Number of students attending
presentations |
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|
St.
Paul |
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Number of participants
involved in cleaning up illegal dumps |
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Guest
River |
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Number of school children using
the group’s facilities |
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|
Guest
River |
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Number of environmental workshops
held |
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Guest
River |
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Number of environmental
educational activities/programs |
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Guest
River |
|
Number of pollution prevention
posters distributed |
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|
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Guest
River |
|
Number of storm drains stenciled
with "Dump No
Waste, Drains to
Stream" |
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|
Guest
River |
|
Number of Brochures/Report Cards
distributed |
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|
Guest
River |
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Number of documents in environmental
library |
|
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of environmental library
users |
|
|
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|
Chattanooga |
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ORGANIZATIONAL |
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Number of times group receives
positive media exposure |
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Guest
River |
|
Amount of grant funding received
each year |
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|
Guest
River |
|
Number of buildings bought and
renovated by group |
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|
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|
St.
Paul |
|
Amount of attention projects
and/or group receives from politicians and government
officials |
|
|
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of successful grant
applications |
|
|
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|
Chattanooga |
|
Number of grants written by group
|
|
|
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|
St.
Paul |
|
Number of donors |
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|
Potomac |
|
Amount of non-grant money raised
each year |
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|
Potomac |
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Amount of the largest grant each
year |
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|
Potomac |
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Number of members/volunteers
|
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|
Potomac |
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Number of hours worked by
members/volunteers |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of returning
members/volunteers |
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of staff hired (full-time and
part-time) |
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|
Potomac |
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Number of partnerships with other
organizations |
|
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of people at events held
for the local community |
|
|
|
|
Potomac |
|
Number of awards granted to the
group and its staff |
|
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|
Potomac |
|
Number of projects started or
expanded |
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|
Potomac |
