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The award was accepted by John Hirschboeck, the Project’s director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>The first award recognized the Scenic Aquidneck Coalition for securing more than $800,000 in federal funding<\/a> to put power and utility lines underground at Second Beach in Middletown. The effort to underground the utilities has been a long-term partnership led by the Coalition, which is comprised of the Aquidneck Land Trust, Preserve Rhode Island, The Preservation Society of Newport County, The Townscape Institute, and the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.<\/p>\n![\"inline_439_\/storage\/john%20hirschboeck%20accepts%20the%20award%20from%20ronad%20lee%20fleming%20for%20the%20daffodil%20project%20sm.jpg\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/john20hirschboeck20accepts20the20award20from20ronad20lee20fleming20for20the20daffodil20project1.jpg\")
<\/a>The second award was given to the Daffodil Project for its Daffodillion Campaign<\/a>, an effort to plant one million daffodils across Newport. Nearly a quarter-million flowers have already been planted.<\/p>\n