WASHINGTON - On May 10, the E.P.A., in partnership with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the U.S.D.A., the U.S. Department of the Interior and other federal, state and local partners, will declare that the Urban Waters Federal Partnership is adding eleven new locations and 2 new federal partner agencies to restore waterways, help local economies, create jobs and protect Americans' health.
The Urban Waters Federal Partnership works to reconnect urban communities, particularly those that are overburdened or economically distressed, with their waterways by improving coordination among federal agencies and collaborating with community-led revitalization efforts to enhance our Nation's water systems and promote their economic, environmental and social benefits.
WHO:
Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Bob Perciasepe, Acting Administrator, E.P.A.
Charlie Wooley, Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (MI)
Rich Sims, Northeast Regional Conservationist, U.S.D.A.
George Heartwell, Mayor, City of Grand Rapids
Chris Muller, Grand Rapids Whitewater co-founder
Mike VanGessel, Grand River Stakeholder Group Co-Chair
WHAT: Announcement of expansion of Urban Waters Federal Partnership
WHEN: Friday, May 10, 2:30 p.m. EDT
WHERE:
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
303 Pearl Street NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504-5353
http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/aboutmus.asp
****Members of the press are asked to RSVP for the tour by emailing Stacy Kika at
[email protected].
More information on the partnership:
http://www.urbanwaters.gov/.
