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SOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHY SHARED HARBOR
eNewsletter from the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance  October 24, 2008
First, A Few Announcements
  • MWA is seeking to hire a Director of Programs to develop and administer initiatives to improve the waterfront of New York and New Jersey.  Read the full job description here.
  • The 2008 Waterfront Conference is set for Thursday, November 13th at the Conference PictureNational Museum of the American Indian. The conference is an all day event which will start with a narrated boat tour, a Plenary Session featuring reports from the MWA Policy Task Forces, workshops on a variety of waterfront issues, including bringing back shellfish for a greener harbor, getting kids and everyone else on the waterfront, making mass transit reach the waterways, and of course how to integrate all of this with our strong harbor industry.  We hope you will be able to join us for this important conference. This is a critical moment in time for our waterfront. Your participation will help make this year's event the best ever.  Click here for all the details on the conference.

  • The Heroes of the Harbor Awards Gala on October 6th was a tremendous success, with hundreds of supporters enjoying the food and drink, the narrated boat parade just off the pier, dozens of Alliance Partners sharing their great waterfront activities, and eloquent acceptance speeches by each of our awardees, all in support of a healthy shared harbor for all. See photos of the gala here.

  • Please support MWA.  You can make a donation here.  If you are able to give $250 or more, MWA recently established the "Founders Circle" made up individuals who make a significant contribution during our first full year (up to 12/31/08) as an Admiral's hatindependent organization - investing in the idea of a strong Waterfront Alliance and setting us up on an even keel to prepare for future growth and unlimited possibilities.  Founders Circle members will be recognized in perpetuity on our new website and other publications.  Donors of $250 plus are First-Mates; $1,000 plus are Captains; and $5,000 plus are Admirals.  Ahoy!! and thank you very, very much.
Upcoming Waterfront Events
Saturday, October, 25th 2008
It's My Park Day
Join thousands of New Yorkers to care for and celebrate New York City parks on It's My Park! Day. Come outside to enjoy free events, or to get involved in painting, clean up, and planting projects.  Each Fall, over 150 It's My Park! Day projects and events are organized by local community groups, with fun, free activities provided by the Department of Parks & Recreation and City Parks Foundation.
For more information, or to learn how your group can organize or join an It's My Park! Day project, please visit www.PartnershipForParks.org

Saturday, October 25 11:00am-3:00pm
NYC It's My Park Day At Rainey Park
Sponsored by: Green Shores
Location: Rainey Park (Vernon Boulevard and 34th Ave)
Plant trees, as part of the Million Trees Initiative! Clean the shoreline! Participate in SPARK (Sports, Play, Active Recreation for Kids) and get your face painted - sponsored by NYC Parks & Recreation! Be creative and design a cover for Environmental Activity Books to raise youth awareness on environmental issues - sponsored by Children for Children! Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy a free beverage, donated by Snapple!
For more information, email greenshoresnyc@yahoo.com
 
Tuesday October 28 2:30pm-5:00pm
East River Rowing Crew Rowing in the Cover
Location: East 96th Street esplanade when you arrive for rowing, check the nearby shipping container/boathouse
www.eastrivercrew.org
 
Tuesday,  October 28 - 6:30pm - 8:00
Book Launch and Presentation: Growing Greener Cities: Urban Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century
Cost: $15, $12, MAS members/students.
Purchase tickets online or call 212-935-2075.
At The Municipal Art Society, 457
Madison Avenue, at E. 51st Street
 
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008  Reception 11:30am; Lunch 12:00
Audubon New York Conservation Award Luncheon
Location: The Rainbow Room 30 Rockefeller Plaza 65th Floor
Honoring:
George E. Pataki and Peter A. A. Berle
 
Thursday November 6th 6pm-10pm
Sebago Canoe Club Anniversary Splash
Celebrate 75 years of Sebago Canoe Club!!!!!
Location: Prospect Park Picnic House
www.seabagocanoeclub.org
 
Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
2008 Waterfront Conference: Launching the Waterfront Action Agenda
Practical Solutions for a 21st Century Waterfront
at the National Museum of the American Indian
One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004
Please visit us at www.WaterfrontAlliance.org for more information.
 
Recent Waterfront News
New York Observer, October 21, 2008
 
Brooklyn Waterfront Retail
Gotham Gazette, October 14, 2008
 
City buys three more parcels in Willets Point
Crain's New York Business, October 17, 2008
 
Billions of fish, fish eggs die in power plants
The Associated Press, October 19, 2008
 
Experts say Passaic River water quality improving
Newsday, October 19, 2008
 
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council to Run Artists' Studio and Exhibition Center on Governors Island
New York Times, October 19, 2008
 
A call for leisure on the Waterfront - Features MWA
Metropolis Magazine, October 15, 2008