*** Meetings start this week! *** Envisioning a Chicago Area Waterway System for the 21st Century A joint project of the Great Lakes Commission and the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Announcement of Public Meetings and Webinar The Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Cities Initiative are pleased to announce the following series of Public Meetings to present information and gather input on the initiative Envisioning a Chicago Area Waterway System for the 21st Century. The initiative is developing and evaluating options for separating the Mississippi River and Great Lakes watersheds in the Chicago area to prevent the transfer of aquatic invasive species such as Asian carp, while improving other aspects of the system including transportation, water quality and stormwater management. More information is provided in the attached announcement and online at http://glc.org/ans/chicagowaterway.html. CHICAGO Illinois Thursday, October 20, 2011 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CDT John G. Shedd Aquarium Phelps Auditorium (South Lobby Entrance) 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 HAMMOND Indiana Thursday, October, 20, 2011 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. CDT Purdue University Calumet Room 103 Millard E. Gyte Science Bldg. Hammond, Indiana 46323 WEBINAR Monday, October 24, 2011 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EDT ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED Register for the webinar at: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/877386902 TORONTO Ontario Tuesday, October 25, 2011 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. EDT One King West Hotel Austin Gallery, 12th Floor 1 King Street West Toronto, Ontario M5H 1A1 Questions? Contact: Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission, 734-971-9135, ejensen at glc.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111018/bcbc4036/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CAWS21 Public Meeting Announcement.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 456667 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/glin-announce/attachments/20111018/bcbc4036/attachment.pdf