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justingod99 t1_j8wk8dr wrote

He awarded a grant. But to who? Or will asking this question get me banned?

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joofish t1_j8wl8sw wrote

Yep, don’t tell anyone, but the mods of /r/upliftingnews are in the pockets of big oyster. Read the article before jumping to conspiracy at least bc it answers that question in the first two sentences

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frowavay1 t1_j8wm4lj wrote

Buts it’s sooo much easier to express uninformed outrage than it is to read.

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justingod99 t1_j8ycsbb wrote

Outrage? He is giving $9M millions in taxpayer funds to a single non-profit. Can I ask for people’s opinion on said non-profit?

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frowavay1 t1_j8yhz8d wrote

You totally can. But you absolutely did not in your first comment.

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okram2k t1_j8wmywm wrote

Okay I read it. The sentence after has me concerned again. "The funds are said to foster essential capital projects for museums, community centers, medical and athletic facilities, community revitalization, and historical buildings."

Those are all great things but have nothing to do with preserving oysters unless there's a city named Oyster or something.

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joofish t1_j8wqj41 wrote

That’s referring to the 13.7 million in public works funding not the 9.1 million oyster grant. If you read a couple more sentences, you will find out what the oyster preservation organization does.

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okram2k t1_j8ws0rk wrote

Okay. I re-read that paragraph three times. And I think I finally kind of understand it. But it was written absolutely awfully. Mentioning the public works funding first in an article about oyster preservation is really god damn confusing.

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AutomaticOcelot5194 t1_j8wmo6w wrote

The Oyster Recovery Partnership, it's a non profit which has been around since the 90s. ORP has also done projects with UMD and a number of local school districts. So they are a legit group who is doing good work

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justingod99 t1_j8ybe3n wrote

Thanks for the info! Good to hear, I used to inspect non-profits and it’s typically hard to find ones that don’t have some form of ulterior motive.

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CrabEnthusist t1_j8wmsfp wrote

If only there was some sort of article that explained it.

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GaySkull t1_j8wu10x wrote

A perfectly good question, it says so right in the article:

>The governor announced in a Board of Public Works meeting that $13.7 million in Capital Grants funding and a $9.1 million contract for the non-profit Oyster Recovery Partnership had been awarded. The funds are said to foster essential capital projects for museums, community centers, medical and athletic facilities, community revitalization, and historical buildings.

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>The Oyster Recovery Partnership is a non-profit organization that collects recycled shell and plants hatchery-reared oysters for reef construction in Maryland’s large-scale oyster restoration tributaries. The funding will support efforts to enhance native oyster populations. It will also help meet the goals of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement of 2014, as well as Maryland’s Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan.

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>In addition, the board also approved $1 million for the Department of Natural Resources to conduct surveys to identify oyster habitats and plant hatchery-reared oysters on reefs in the Eastern Bay sanctuaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

More info on the Oyster Recovery Partnership here.

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