FB friends please share and save the date for Tuesday 10/8 at 7 pm, Civic Club, Harrisburg as we want to PACK THE HOUSE for Tom Hylton and the kick off of the Amazing Environmental Leadership training sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the vision of grassroots organizer Andrew Bliss......Blessed to have been a part of the design team and proud of our efforts to bring changes to Harrisburg......This will be around for years to come and I do believe it will be copied by many cities....Important stuff happening here quickly with little fanfare just a lot of dedication and vision by a bunch of people caring a whole awful lot...Dr Seuss would be proud of my city:) Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Tom Hylton To Speak About Benefits of “Greening” Communities October 8, 2013 in Harrisburg, PA (HARRISBURG) - - The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and The Civic Club of Harrisburg proudly present an evening with Pulitzer Prize winner and author Tom Hylton. Hylton, author of “Save our Land, Save our Towns,” will speak to a broad audience on October 8th about the major issues Pennsylvania communities grapple with, and how beautification and smart growth can improve our communities and our waters. This free event is open to the public and is being held at The Civic Club of Harrisburg, 612 North Front St., on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 7:00 PM. CBF and partners are offering this presentation as a kick-off to our 8-week environmental leadership training, held at various locations throughout Harrisburg, and as part of City Beautiful 2.0— a grassroots movement to make Harrisburg more beautiful and sustainable. Both the training and the evening presentation will provide participants with more information about the Pennsylvania Clean Water Blueprint, and how local citizens and officials can utilize green infrastructure techniques to help meet the commitments the Commonwealth has made to reduce pollution in local waterways, like the Susquehanna River. Cities like Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Lancaster have been using green infrastructure techniques to beautify communities and to lessen the impacts of polluted stormwater runoff – making our communities greener and our waters cleaner. Both the presentation and the training will help to frame water quality issues in ways that are relevant to community leaders in the Harrisburg area. This event is free, but interested participants are encouraged to RSVP. For more information on the event, the training, and to RSVP, contact Andrew Bliss, Grassroots Coordinator, The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, [email protected]. Partners Include: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, City Beautiful 2.0, Community Action Commission, Covenant Community Corporation, Green Urban Initiative, Growing Strong, The Rain Barrel Coalition, The Civic Club of Harrisburg, and TreeVitalize. # # #
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