Rain Garden Cost-Share Program Application

The Rain Garden Program encourages residents to install rain gardens on private property to “micromanage” stormwater runoff as close to the source (like downspouts, driveways, sump pump discharges) as possible. A rain garden is a shallow depression that is planted with deep-rooted native plants. It functions by capturing and infiltrating stormwater runoff into the ground thereby reducing the flows to nearby streams and other drainage ways.

The Rain Garden Cost-Share Program Application Fee of $100 must be submitted along with your application and can be paid by credit card over the phone.  A 3% service charge will be applied for all credit card payments.  A check written out to the "Village of Riverwoods" can also be dropped off or mailed to the Village Hall.  

* Prior to submitting this application, please be sure you have previously applied for an Ecological Consultation and have received approval from the Village Ecologist, confirming your qualification for this program.  

I confirm that I have previously applied for an Ecological Consultation and have received approval from the Village Ecologist, confirming the aforementioned property's qualification for this cost-share program *
Property Owner Information
Contractor's Information
Please upload contractor's Certificate of Insurance.
Files must be less than 5 MB.
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Provide a brief description of proposed work.
Files must be less than 15 MB.
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Please upload contractor's Proposal/Executed Contract and Invoice marked as "Paid"
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I, owner of the property shown on the drawing in Riverwoods, Illinois, do hereby state that I am familiar with the Construction/Landscape Plan and certify that all work will be completed in accordance with the Village’s Ordinance Contractor Specifications *
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