02/28/2022
Sustainability can’t happen in a silo, which is why UML is part of the Lowell Green Community Partnership. Launched in 2020 and led by Chancellor Jacquie Moloney and Lowell City Manager Eileen Donoghue, the partnership includes more than two dozen leaders from business, community and environmental organizations.
In April, the partnership awarded $50,000 in grants to five projects, each in partnership with UML. They included: a Mill City Grows composting pilot program; new solar-powered streetlights on East Campus; a sustainability pathway at Lowell High School; a Green Schools Program with the Lowell Public Schools; and an energy efficiency acceleration program with antipoverty nonprofit Community Teamwork.
The partnership is co-chaired by philanthropist Nancy Donahue, whose $25,000 donation to the university helped fund the grant program.