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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Schwartz, Myra [mailto:Schwartz.Myra@epa.gov] <b>
On Behalf Of </b>SoakUptheRain<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2017 1:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Schwartz, Myra <Schwartz.Myra@epa.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Don't miss the next Soak Up the Rain New England Webinar: "The Perfect Storm": Jan. 25th 1-2:30<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">Soak Up the Rain New England Webinar Series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">Wednesday, January 25th, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">1:00 to 2:30 EST
</span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7469788807545605123"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Register Here</span></b></a><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black">*</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“The Perfect Storm:”
</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The convergence of three projects to build a healthy watershed and community with green infrastructure</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In April 2008, local, state and federal stakeholders collaborated on a series of green infrastructure Best Management Practices to address several water quality problems related
to stormwater runoff at the Bristol Town </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">B<span style="color:black">each and Sports Complex in Bristol, RI. These initiatives were then implemented between 2010-1012 resulting in major
reductions of beach closures over the past three years</span>. M<span style="color:black">easures included: a renovated 350-car parking lot to incorporate bioretention and vegetated swales, rain gardens, permeable pavement, tree plantings, and a gravel wet
vegetated treatment system that collected and treated stormwater runoff. This webinar will focus on how they made it happen through partnering with a number of agencies and non-profit groups, leveraging resources and funding (including Federal Clean Water
Act Section 319 grant funds) while taking advantage of timely opportunities and related green infrastructure initiatives.</span> (See attached for details.)<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Presenters include</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">:
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Walter V. Burke, Director, Bristol Parks and Recreation, Bristol, Rhode Island.</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Walter has worked for the Town of Bristol for the past twenty-three years and manages nineteen parks and a Community Center. He has raised and leveraged funds to restore all the parks
in Bristol with a focus on Green Infrastructure. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Betsy Dake, Section 319 Grant Program Manager, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM).</span></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Betsy is a Senior Environmental Scientist for the Rhode Island DEM, where she has worked for the Nonpoint Source Program since 1999. She manages and oversees all of State’s Section
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Diane M. Williamson, Director, Office of Community Development, Town of Bristol, Rhode Island, AICP, Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM).</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
Diane has been working for the Town of Bristol as the town planner since 1995, overseeing the Office of Community Development and providing assistance to the Planning Board, Redevelopment Agency, and Economic Development Commission. Diane was an integral partner
in the grant writing, design and implementation of this project. <span style="color:black">
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</span><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7469788807545605123" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7469788807545605123</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">For questions about the webinar series or have ideas for additional webinar topics, please send email to<i>
</i></span></b><a href="mailto:soakuptherain@epa.gov"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">soakuptherain@epa.gov</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">
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