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<p class="Default"> <b><i><span style="color:#5B9BD5">Soak Up the Rain New England Webinar Series:
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><i>The Guiteras Green Infrastructure Community School Project
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<p class="Default" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><i>Wednesday, February 28th, 2:00 PM-3:30 PM EST
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<p class="Default"><b><i> To <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2984532340645539843">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This webinar will highlight an inspiring and successful green infrastructure project at the Guiteras School to save and protect Silver
Creek in Bristol, RI from polluted stormwater runoff. Bristol is a small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) community, and water discharging from its storm sewer system is regulated by the state of Rhode Island. The Silver Creek watershed is 2 square
miles, discharges into Bristol Harbor, and is 50 yards from the Guiteras School (Grades K-5). In 2013, two talented mothers of elementary school students designed and created an outdoor education facility to enhance environmental education and improve environmental
quality in and around Silver Creek. From landscape design to community and student engagement, the Section 319-funded grant project treated and infiltrated stormwater runoff from the entire school, reduced impervious surfaces, controlled a growing Canada goose
population, and engaged 300 students at the school with hands on projects to restore Silver Creek.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:lato-regular;color:#333333">Presenters include:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:lato-regular;color:#333333">Betsy Dake - Senior Environmental Scientist, RI Department of Environmental Management
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:lato-regular;color:#333333">Brooke Merriam - Landscape Designer, Sunflower Designs,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:lato-regular;color:#333333">LLC Shannon Rozea – Executive Director/Landscape Architect, Thrive Outside
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="details"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:lato-regular;color:#333333">Edward M. Tanner - Principal Planner, Department of Community Development, Town of Bristol, RI</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%">*Registration site-
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2984532340645539843"><span style="color:#389ED8">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2984532340645539843</span></a><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2984532340645539843"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">
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