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Brookings expands stormwater incentives with larger native-plant vouchers, rain-barrel reimbursements and rain-garden pilot
Summary
City staff described results from a 2024 pilot and outlined an expanded 2025 stormwater incentive program offering larger native-plant vouchers, a $50 rain-barrel reimbursement and four pilot rain-garden vouchers paired with SDSU landscape architecture support.
The City of Brookings will expand its stormwater incentive program in 2025, increasing native-plant voucher amounts, raising the rain-barrel reimbursement and launching a pilot rain-garden design program in partnership with South Dakota State University.
Shonda Remus, engineering technician for the City of Brookings, told the City Council that the 2024 pilot drew strong interest: all 40 native-plant vouchers were claimed within a week and the city subsidized 76 rain-barrel orders. “Through the native plants, all 40 vouchers were actually claimed within the first week,” Remus said. “The rain barrel pickup event … had 76 total orders placed.”
Why it matters: the incentives aim to reduce stormwater runoff, increase on-site…
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