{"id":3414,"date":"2025-10-14T07:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/3414\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T07:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T07:57:11","slug":"fresno-offers-rebates-for-drought-resistant-lawn-projects-cbs47-and-ksee24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/3414\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno offers rebates for drought-resistant lawn projects | CBS47 and KSEE24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yourcentralvalley.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.yourcentralvalley.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">KSEE\/KGPE<\/a>) \u2013 People who live in Fresno can be eligible to get a $2 rebate per square foot for eligible lawn conversion projects. <\/p>\n<p>The city is encouraging homeowners and businesses to take advantage of the expanded lawn-to-garden rebate program this fall. <\/p>\n<p>This program is open to all customers who receive water through the city\u2019s public utilities. The city said that funding is available on a first-come, first-served basis and is supported in part by a $5 million grant from the Department of Water Resources. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHomeowners can earn up $3,000 for converting up to 1,500 square feet of front lawn. The commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) property can convert up to 4,000 square feet, with a maximum incentive of $8,000,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApplicants must receive pre-approval before beginning any projects. Eligible conversions must include at least 200 square feet of front lawn replaced with approved drought-tolerant plants. Lawns must show signs of recent and consistent watering from an irrigation system. Artificial turf is not eligible for rebate funding,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresno.gov\/publicutilities\/water-conservation-program\/lawntogarden\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fresno.gov\/publicutilities\/water-conservation-program\/lawntogarden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClose Modal<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSuggest a Correction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE\/KGPE) \u2013 People who live in Fresno can be eligible to get a $2 rebate per&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4249,1053,4250,112,114,113,4251,3665,4252,4253],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-businesses","tag-city-of-fresno","tag-drought-tolerant-plants","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-front-lawn","tag-homeowners","tag-irrigation-system","tag-public-utilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}