Public Forum - How Sheboygan County homeowners can benefit from Sheboygan River cleanup September 21, 2006 Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center 725 Blue Harbor Drive, Sheboygan 2:00pm to 3:30pm The Northeast-Midwest Institute <http://www.nemw.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nemw.org/> is hosting a public forum on the economic advantages of improving environmental quality in the Sheboygan area. The forum will be held at the Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center, 725 Blue Harbor Drive, Sheboygan on September 21, 2006 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm and will feature a presentation by Dr. John Braden <http://www.nemw.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://netfiles.uiuc.edu /jbb/www/index.htm> from the University of Illinois, concerning the results of a two-year study on the economic value of cleaning up the Sheboygan River Area of Concern (AOC). Specifically, Professor Braden will detail how many homeowners may realize gains in house prices as a result of cleanup activities in the river. Other speakers include Mayor Juan Perez, City of Sheboygan; Wisconsin State Senator Joe Leibham, 9th Senate District; Dr. John Braden, University of Illinois; Mr. Marc Tuchman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office; Mr. James McNelly, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; and Mr. Jon Gumtow, Sheboygan River Basin Partnership. Mr. David Ullrich, Director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative will chair the event. For more information and to RSVP please contact Nicole Mays at 202-584-3378 or via email at nmays@nemw.org. Please find attached to this email a formal letter of invitation, a copy of the agenda, and flyer publicizing the event. Feel free to distribute this information to other interested parties. For more information and to RSVP please contact me at 202-584-3378 or via email at nmays@nemw.org. Kind regards, Nicole Mays Policy Analyst Northeast-Midwest Institute www.nemw.org <http://www.nemw.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.nemw.org/> 202-584-3378
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