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Sarasota News Leader September 13, 2013 Page 84 FLORIDA HOUSE COMPLETES PAVER PROJECT WITH GRANT AID The Florida House Institute recently installed a pervious pavement system featuring 1,800 square feet of pavers with support from a Sarasota Bay Estuary Program (SBEP) Bay Partners Grant, SBEP has announced. storage performance and the infiltration of water, the release continues. "Florida House Institute is committed to demonstrating LID strategies that help homeowners reduce the impact of stormwater pollution to enhance Other project supporters were Sarasota water quality," it adds. County, Oldcastle Coastal, Mullett Brothers, MasterRock, Rand Carter and Todd Foster Florida House expects to reopen in the fall. Landscape Design, a news release says. "The installed system features pavers that meet low Since 2003, the SBEP has awarded nearly impact development (LID) standards," the re- $232,000 in Bay Partners Grants to support lease points out. "They offer homeowners a 113 organizations. A subcommittee with the great way to make a useful hardscape patio or SBEP Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) drive while reducing stormwater runoff into selects the recipients. The next deadline for the bay." submitting grant applications is March 1, 2014. Two ERIC Infiltrometers were installed in the Visit SarasotaBay.org to learn more about the pavement to provide ongoing monitoring of Bay Partners Grant Program. The Florida House is on Beneva Road in Sarasota. Contributed photo