We are thrilled to announce that the Green Infrastructure Rebate Advance Fund (GIRAF) is now available to help Seattle home owners finance the up front costs of rain garden installation.

Lisa Stiffler of Sightline Daily writes, “While RainWise offers generous reimbursements—$4,600 on average for the installation of rain gardens and cisterns—the homeowner has to pay for the work upfront, then wait up to two months for the program to pay them back. It’s an expense that not everyone can shoulder. A new financial program called the Green Infrastructure Rebate Advance Fund (GIRAF) should remove that hurdle by bridging the payment gap. A separate access fund will also provide small grants to partially pay for projects near the Duwamish River that cost more than the city’s rebate.”

Read more about this new fund…