Dear Lake Board, read note below from Keep the Midlands Beautiful Executive Director. I think that this would be a worthwhile effort for our lake association to adopt, especially considering our proximity to Percival Road and the amount of litter that ends up in our lake. If anybody else wants to attend, please do! I'll report back to the board what our involvement might be/involve. Thanks! Amy
June 9, 2008
I am pleased to announce that Keep the Midlands Beautiful will launch an Adopt-A-Waterway program with SCE&G as presenting sponsor in Fall 2008. The program is intended to address water-based litter problems on creeks, rivers, lakes, and boat landings in Richland and Lexington Counties and will follow the proven model used for the Adopt-A-Highway program and DNR's now-defunct Adopt-A-Landing program. KMB will recruit volunteer groups to adopt an identified section of shoreline or boat landing and agree to conduct litter pickups there three times a year for 2 years. Participating groups will be recognized on the KMB website and, as much as possible, on a sign placed near their adopted section of shoreline.
Since your organization or agency has a shared interest in preventing litter on Midlands waterways, I would like to invite you to a meeting to discuss plans for the Adopt-A-Waterway program and to explore ways that we can work together to advance your goals as well as ours. This meeting will take place on Thursday, June 19 from 10:00-11:00 AM at the Columbia Chamber of Commerce building (930 Richland Street) in the Training Room on the 1st Floor (just across from the elevator.) The Chamber parking lot is behind the building--please feel free to park in any spot labeled "Columbia Chamber of Commerce."
Please let me know if you will be able to join us on the 19th. If not, I would be happy to speak with you over the phone about the program or to set an alternate meeting time. If I have inadvertently left anyone off of this invitation, please forward this message on.
Thank you.
Best,
Heidi
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Heidi Johnson
Executive Director
Keep the Midlands Beautiful
PO Box 1360
Columbia, SC 29202
Phone: 803-733-2526
E-mail: heidi@keepthemidlandsbeautiful.com
Website: www.keepthemidlandsbeautiful.com
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