Marco Island has grappled with water quality issues within its inland canals for years. The C-HAWQ Initiative proposes an unsolicited public-private partnership with the City of Marco Island to fund, design, and build island habitats using the dredged canal material. The public-private partnership is an important relationship between the City and the selected general contractor, Earthwerks Land Improvement & Development Corp of Lisle, Illinois, to execute the project fully. The project timeline will take approximately 2 years to complete after permitting with 3 additional years of monitoring and maintenance of the islands.