Program areas at Bridging the Gap
Heartland tree alliance (hta) - is a program to engage citizens, businesses, and governments in community forestry. Supported by the city of Kansas city, Missouri, other municipalities, and grants through the arbor day foundation, hta plants and maintains up to 4000 trees annually in the neighborhoods, parks, and riparian buffers of greater Kansas city.
Kansas city community recycling centers (kcdo) - Bridging the Gap, Inc. Contracted to coordinate three recycling drop-off centers in Kansas city, Missouri, providing staff, volunteer supervision, and broad-based community education on sustainability. This is a long-standing fee for service contract with the solid waste department of the city of Kansas city, Missouri. Bridging the Gap, Inc. partnered with the Kansas city area transportation authority to re-open a closed center at one of their park and ride lots along the bus route.
Kcmo green stewards (gs) - a contract with the city of Kansas city, Missouri water department provided funding to hire seven new employees to maintain the city's more than 200 green infrastructure installations (raingardens, bioswales and other methods of absorbing rain water at the surface to reduce the volume in pipes). the program is designed as a workforce development, 1-2 year training program, with the intention of eventual employment with the city or landscaping company.