Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials will present a rebate check for $328,317 to the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VAGLAHS) for t heir participation in LADWP's Commercial/Industrial Drought Resistant Landscape Incentive Program, which provides a rebate of $1 for every square foot of turf replaced.

Through their participation in this program, the VAGLAHS replaced 7.5 acres of turf with drought-tolerant landscaping at their West Los Angeles facility. This newly landscaped area featuring drought-tolerant plants will serve as a healing environment for VAGLAHS patients and constitutes a major image change for the federal facility. The project is expected to save more than 8.1 million gallons of water annually -- enough to serve 50 households each year.

The Turf Company, a veteran-owned landscaping company, carried out the landscaping work by using this unique opportunity to provide jobs and training for veteran patients of the VAGLAHS.

Honorable Paul Koretz, Councilmember, District 5
LADWP Officials
Donna Beiter, Director, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
John Young, President, The Turf Company

Thursday, August 5, 10:00 a.m.

VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
11301 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90073

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NOTE: Media is asked to enter through gate at Ohio Avenue and Sawtelle Boulevard.

Check presentation ceremony, followed by a tour of the newly-landscaped area.
LADWP Water Conservation Team Members will be available for Q&A.